Message: "Colm" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Colm

by Sara. (guest)

3/11/2007, 5:37 AM

What do you think of the name Colm for a boy. Prn Coll - um like the beginnning of columbia. x

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- Elinor (Elly747)

3/11/2007, 10:40 AM

It's normally pronounced "Cull-um". I quite like it but I wouldn't use it. I can't imagine it working anywhere but Ireland. Calum is the name of choice here in Scotland.

- Isla +3

3/11/2007, 10:31 AM

I guess I always assumed it was pronounced like Cole + m. :b I prefer the Coll-um prn, lol. There are a couple of actors named Colm (Colm Feore & Colm Meaney) but that's the only times I've ever seen the name. I think I prefer Callum, but Colm is quite nice.

- Eden (guest) +2

3/11/2007, 10:43 AM

Ditto to everything, except

I have no idea who Colm Feore is. :)

- Kae (guest) +1

3/11/2007, 11:26 AM

He's a lovely Canadian actor...showed up in Caveman's Valentine with Samuel L. Jackson, Chronicles of Riddick with Vin Diesel, Stephen King's Storm of the Century, but he's really best onstage.

- Isla

3/11/2007, 12:59 PM

Thanks, Kae.

This is him:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0272173/
(And in the 'bio' part of his profile, it even says his fn is pronounced like "column". :b)

The most (fairly) recent things I've seen him in were "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" and "Chicago".

This message was edited 3/11/2007, 12:59 PM

- molly

3/11/2007, 10:10 AM

I would spell it Colum or Collum or Cullum. I think it's nice enough.

- Lizdebiz

3/11/2007, 8:11 AM

I really like it - and it's not at all a name you'd hear everyday, which is a bonus.

- Tuesday (trayc53) +1

3/11/2007, 6:32 AM

I like it and I like the meaning behind it. At first glance I though it was said with the m at the end, though. I like the Coll pronounciation much better. :D

- Irish_Clare

3/11/2007, 7:11 AM

It's pronounced COLL-um or CULL-um, not Coll. I can see how the original message might be confusing though :)

- xPrincess27x

3/11/2007, 6:04 AM

I like it. I heard it last night on TV and I quite liked it.

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