Malcolm Family History
Malcolm Name Meaning
Scottish: from the Gaelic personal name Maol-Choluim ‘devotee of (Saint) Columba’. Irish (Ulster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolcholuim ‘descendant of the devotee of Saint Columba’ (Irish Colum Cille literally ‘dove of the church’). In Ireland the personal name is often spelled Colm; in Scotland it has become Calum.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022