Posted by CWinifred on May 06, 2007 at 01:01:09 from 129.33.1.37 user CWinifred.
In Reply to: Re: Who are these Callums? posted by Jenny Berki on May 05, 2007 at 19:44:13:
Callum, reduced from
McCallum
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coluim ‘son of Colum’, a personal name derived from Latin columba ‘dove’ (now often found as Calum). This was the name of the 6th-century missionary known in English as St. Columba (521–97), who converted the Picts to Christianity and founded an influential monastery on the island of Iona.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press
I always thought of Ransome pondering what to call these new children, in WH.
What should I call them?
What should I call them?
Call them the Callums!