Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Malkolm isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Malkolm through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 17 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Malkolm’s family of names
Malkolm has a related form in Malcolm. In Greek usage, Malkolm as a surname is a transliteration of Μάλκολμ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Malkolm
- Malkolm Nilsson SäfqvistSwedish association football playerborn 1993
- Malkolm MoënzaSwedish association football playerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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