Scottish: from the Gaelic personal name Maol-Choluim
‘devotee of (Saint) Columba’ (see Colomb).Irish (Ulster):
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolcholuim ‘descendant of the
devotee of St. Columba’ (Irish Colum Cille, literally
‘dove of the church’). In Ireland the personal name is often spelled
Colm; in Scotland it has become Calum.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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