Malcom
A boys’ name of Scottish Gaelic origin, meaning devotee of saint columba; form of Malcolm.
Malcom by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Malcom. In the US, 39 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 186 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Malcom. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Malcolmdevotee of Saint Columba804 in the US (2017)
- Marcoof mars; warlike; form of mark1,001 in the US (2017)
- Marcosdedicated to mars; warlike725 in the US (2017)
- Maicolwho is like God; a form of Michael13 in the US (2017)
- Malloydescendant of Maolmhuaidh, chief devotee9 in the US (2017)
- Macon44 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean holiness
Like Malcom, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- SantiagoSaint James4,193 in the US (2017)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- ThiagoSaint James1,765 in the US (2017)
- Santinolittle saint; a form of Santo444 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Malcom
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