Definition of "Malcolm"

Malcolm

/ˈmæl.kəm/

proper noun
1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic or Goidelic, variant of Calum or Callum, feminine equivalent Malcolmina, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim.
  Quotations
  We will establish our estate upon / Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter / The Prince of Cumberland.
  c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene iv]
2. A surname.
3. A place name:
  1. A minor city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States.
  2. An unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States.
  3. A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
  4. An abandoned town in the Shire of Leonora, Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.