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Callum

33 replies

qazxc · 02/01/2014 15:37

Any thoughts? I am trying to come up with shortlists.
Is it too common/popular? Do you immediately think of Callum Best when you hear it?
You can be brutally honest i need the good and the bad.

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qazxc · 02/01/2014 16:51

curlew I don't mind at all. At this stage I am just compiling list of maybe's so not attached to any of the names. Also as i am french i do not get the connotations of certain names (which ones are posh, which one are "not so posh" IYSWIM). Which is why I appreciate the input as in real life people will just be polite and say "oh that's lovely".

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curlew · 02/01/2014 16:23

I don't normally say this because I don't think it matters but it is lincredibly common here in SE England. And it tends (sorry- don't shoot the messenger!) to be, along with Connor, a bit of a "naughty boy" name.

DramaAlpaca · 02/01/2014 16:15

I haven't come across many Callums in Ireland. I like it a lot & would have considered it myself but it wouldn't go with our surname.

highlandbird · 02/01/2014 16:12

Know a few Callum / Calum's of various ages in Scotland it's fairly popular here, recently met a few baby Callan's as well. Get the impression it's not such a well liked name south of the border though....

qazxc · 02/01/2014 16:10

well DP is irish and we live in ireland, so baby would have a celtic background.

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BananaPie · 02/01/2014 15:48

Not to my taste, but that's no reason not to go with it. I'd say it's a Scottish name (or poss variant of the Irish Colm) so wouldn't use it unless of that background personally.

SundaySimmons · 02/01/2014 15:43

I like it and Calum best spells his name with one L!

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 02/01/2014 15:41

I've taught a couple of lovely Callums.