Given name & surname

Malc

“devotee of 􂀿Saint􂁀 Columba”

Malc is a masculine given name.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Malc is a diminutive of Malcolm. Malcolm goes back to Old Irish Máel Columb, meaning “devotee of 􂀿Saint􂁀 Columba.”

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Where it comes from

Malc is a diminutive of Malcolm. Malcolm comes from Scottish Gaelic, and ultimately from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Malc is a diminutive of Malcolm.

Malc’s family of names

In English usage, Malc is a diminutive of Malcolm.

Walk Malc’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

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Saints

Milec

“of the victorious people”

No U.S. birth series

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Saints

Mileck

“of the victorious people”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish · Saints

Malarky

“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Earc”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish · Saints

Mulkey

“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Cathach”

No U.S. birth series

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Saints

Marcellus

“the little warrior” · “dedicated to Mars, the god of war”

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>99% boys

Saints

Martiros

“martyr”

No U.S. birth series

80% boys · 20% girls

Saints

Miklas

“of the victorious people”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Saints

Micklas

“of the victorious people”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Malc’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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