# Callum

Callum is a Scottish Gaelic name that commemorates the Latin name Columba, meaning 'dove'. Callum was popular among early Christians because the dove was a symbol of purity, peace and the Holy Spirit. St. Columba was one of the most influential of the early Celtic saints. The name may also be spelled "Calum". Callum is a popular name, especially in Scotland where it was the 60th most popular name in 2022.

## People with the given name

* Callum Ah Chee (born 1997), Australian rules footballer
* Callum Ainley (born 1997), English footballer
* Callum Ball (born 1992), English footballer
* Callum Barker (born 1997), Australian motorcycle racer
* Callum Black (born 1986), American-born Irish rugby union player
* Callum Blake (born 1994), Vanuatuan cricketer
* Callum Blue (born 1977), English actor
* Callum Braley (born 1994), English rugby union player
* Callum Brittain, English footballer
* Callum Brodrick (born 1998), English cricketer
* Callum Brown (footballer, born 1998), Australian rules footballer
* Callum Brown (footballer, born 2000), Australian rules footballer
* Callum Bruce (born 1983), New Zealand rugby union player
* Callum Burton (born 1996), English footballer
* Callum Camps, English-born Northern Ireland footballer
* Callum Casey (born 1990), Irish rugby league player
* Callum Chambers (born 1979), Australian rules footballer
* Callum Chettle (born 1996), English footballer
* Callum Cockerill-Mollett (born 1999), English-born Irish footballer
* Callum Connolly (born 1997), English footballer
* Callum Cooke (born 1997), English footballer
* Callum Crane (born 1996), Scottish footballer
* Callum Crawford (born 1984), Canadian lacrosse player
* Callum Cuthbertson, Scottish actor and writer
* Callum Davidson (born 1976), Scottish footballer
* Callum Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
* Callum Dixon, English actor
* Callum Driver (born 1992), English footballer
* Callum Elder (born 1995), Australian soccer player
* Callum Evans (born 1995), English footballer
* Callum Ferguson (born 1984), Australian cricketer
* Callum Field (born 1997), English rugby league player
* Callum Fordyce (born 1992), Scottish footballer
* Callum Geldart (born 1991), English cricketer
* Callum Gibbins (born 1988), New Zealand rugby union player
* Callum Guest (born 1995), English cricketer
* Callum Guy (born 1996), English footballer
* Callum Harriott (born 1994), English footballer
* Callum Hart (born 1985), Welsh footballer
* Callum Hassan (born 1993), English footballer
* Callum Hawkins (born 1992), British long-distance runner
* Callum Hemming (born 1999), English badminton player
* Callum Hendry (born 1997), English footballer
* Calum Hood (born 1996), Bassist in '5 Seconds of Summer'
* Callum Hunter-Hill (born 1997), Scottish rugby union player
* Callum Ilott (born 1998), British racing driver
* Callum Innes (born 1962), Scottish painter
* Callum Irving (born 1993), Canadian soccer player
* Callum Jackson (born 1994), English cricketer
* Callum Johnson (born 1985), English boxer
* Callum Johnson (footballer) (born 1996), English footballer
* Callum Kennedy (born 1989), English footballer
* Callum Lancaster (born 1996), English rugby league player
* Callum Lang (born 1998), English footballer
* Callum Lloyd (born 1986), English footballer
* Callum MacDonald (born 1983), Scottish footballer
* Callum Macdonald (1912–1999), Scottish printer and publisher
* Callum MacLeod (born 1988), British racing driver
* Callum Macrae, Scottish filmmaker, writer and journalist
* Callum Maycock (born 1997), English footballer
* Callum McCaig (born 1995), Scottish politician
* Callum McCarthy (born 1944), British banker
* Callum McFadzean (born 1994), Scottish footballer
* Callum McGregor (born 1993), Scottish footballer
* Callum McManaman (born 1991), English footballer
* Callum McNaughton (born 1991), English footballer
* Callum McNish (born 1992), English footballer
* Callum Mills (born 1997), Australian rules footballer
* Callum Milne (born 1965), Scottish footballer
* Callum Moore (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
* Callum Morris (born 1990), English footballer
* Callum O'Dowda (born 1995), Republic of Ireland footballer
* Callum O'Hare (born 1998), English footballer
* Callum Parkinson (born 1996), English cricketer
* Callum Paterson (born 1994), Scottish footballer
* Callum Phillips (born 1992), English rugby league player
* Callum Priestley (born 1989), English hurdler
* Callum Preston (born 1995), English footballer
* Callum Reid (born 1992), Scottish rugby union player
* Callum Reidford (born 1987), Scottish footballer
* Callum Reilly (footballer) (born 1993), English footballer
* Callum Keith Rennie (born 1960), British-born Canadian actor
* Callum Roberts, British oceanographer
* Callum Robertson (born 1996), Scottish footballer
* Callum Robinson (born 1995), English footballer
* Callum Ross (born 1994), English footballer
* Callum Rzonca (born 1997), English footballer
* Callum Saunders (born 1995), Welsh footballer
* Callum Scotson (born 1996), Australian cyclist
* Callum Shinkwin (born 1993), English golfer
* Callum Sinclair (born 1989), Australian Rules footballer
* Callum Skinner (born 1992), British cyclist
* Callum Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
* Callum Styles (born 2000), English footballer
* Callum Tapping (born 1993), Scottish footballer
* Callum Taylor (born 1997), English cricketer
* Callum Templeton (born 1993), Scottish rugby union player
* Callum Thorp (born 1975), Australian cricketer
* Callum Timmins (born 1999), Australian soccer player
* Callum Turner (born 1990), English actor and model
* Callum Urch (born 1984), Australian rules footballer
* Callum Morris (Born 1986), Footballer
* Callum Warburton (born 1989), English footballer
* Callum Watson (born 1989), Australian cross-country skier
* Callum Wilkinson (born 1997), English racewalker
* Callum Wilson (disambiguation), multiple people
* Callum Windley (born 1991), English rugby league player

## People with the surname

* Agnes Kane Callum (1925–2015), American genealogist
* Arthur Callum (1877–1961), New Zealand rugby league player
* Ian Callum (born 1955), British car designer
* Jeannie Callum, Canadian transfusion specialist
* Moray Callum (born 1958), British car designer

## Fictional characters

* Callum Clockwise, in the video game Rascal
* Callum Jones, in the television series Neighbours
* Callum Kane, in the television series Hollyoaks
* Callum Logan, in the television series Coronation Street
* Callum Lynch, in the film Assassin's Creed
* Callum Mcgregor, from the Noughts & Crosses novels
* PC Callum McIntyre, in the television series Monarch of the Glen
* Callum McKay, in the television series Shortland Street
* Callum Highway, in the television series EastEnders
* Callum Hunt, from The Magisterium Series novels
* Callum Monks, in the television series EastEnders
* Callum Rennie, in the television series Emmerdale
* Callum Stone, in the television series The Bill
* Prince Callum, in the television series The Dragon Prince
* Dick and Dorothea Callum, in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons books