Colm is a male given name of

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

origin. Colm can be pronounced "Collum" or "Kullum". It is not an Irish version of Colin, but like Callum and Malcolm derives from a Gaelic variation on ''columba'', the Latin word for 'dove'.

People

* Colm Brogan (1902–1977), Scottish writer * Colm Byrne (born 1971), Irish playwright * Colm Collins, Gaelic football manager * Colm Condon (1921–2008), Irish lawyer * Colm Connolly (born 1942), Irish broadcaster and author *

Colm Cooper Colm "the Gooch" Cooper (born 3 June 1983) is an Irish Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career at senior level with the Kerry county team spanned fifteen years from 2002 to 2017. Born in Killarney, County Kerry, Cooper was born ...

(born 1983), Irish Gaelic football player * Colm Coyle (born 1963), Irish Gaelic football player and manager * Colm Feore (born 1958), American-born Canadian actor * Colm Hilliard (1936–2002), Irish politician *

Colm Imbert Colm Imbert is the Minister of Finance since September 2015 and Member of Parliament for the constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division ...

(born 1957), Trinidad and Tobago politician * Colm Magner (born 1961), Canadian actor * Colm Mangan (born 1942), Irish general * Colm Meaney (born 1953), Irish actor *

Colm Mulcahy Colm Mulcahy (born September 1958) is an Irish mathematician, academic, columnist, book author, public outreach speaker, and amateur magician. He is Professor Emeritus at Spelman College, where he was on the faculty from 1988 to 2020. In addition ...

(born 1958), Irish mathematician, academic, columnist and author *

Colm Ó Cíosóig Colm Ó Cíosóig (; born 31 October 1964) is an Irish musician, best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine, of which he was a founding member. Biography My Bloody Valentine Originally formed in 1983, My Blood ...

(born 1964), Irish drummer * Colm O'Gorman (born 1966), Irish activist *

Colm Ó hEocha Colm Ó hEocha (; 19 September 1926 – 19 May 1997) was an Irish scientist and educationalist, who served as president of University College Galway and Chairman of the New Ireland Forum. Ó hEocha was born in Dungarvan, County Waterford, in 192 ...

(1926–1997), Irish scientist *

Colm Ó Maonlaí Colm Ó Maonlaí (born 10 December 1966) is an Irish actor, best known for playing Tom Banks in ''EastEnders'' from April to November 2002. He has also played roles in ''The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television seri ...

(born 1966), Irish actor *

Colm O'Shaughnessy Colm O'Shaughnessy (born 27 December 1996) is an Irish Gaelic football player who plays at inter-county level for Tipperary, and plays his club football for Ardfinnan in south Tipperary. Career O'Shaughnessy made his championship debut for T ...

(born 1996), Irish Gaelic football player and rugby player * Colm Tóibín (born 1955), Irish novelist *

Colm Vance Colm Vance (born 31 August 1992) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Early career Vance played varsity soccer at York University for five consecutive years, helping lead the club to numerous a ...

(born 1992), Canadian soccer player * Colm Wilkinson (born 1944), Irish actor and singer

Fictional characters

* Colm, in the video game ''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones'' *Colm O'Driscoll, one of the antagonists in the video game ''

Red Dead Redemption 2 ''Red Dead Redemption 2'' is a 2018 action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games. The game is the third entry in the ''Red Dead'' series and a prequel to the 2010 game ''Red Dead Redemption''. The story is set in 1899 and f ...

'' *Uncle Colm McCool, from the

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...

sitcom ''

Derry Girls ''Derry Girls'' is a British teen sitcom created and written by Lisa McGee that premiered on 4 January 2018 on Channel 4. The channel's most successful comedy since ''Father Ted'', the series was inspired by McGee's own experiences growing up ...

'' *Col. Colm Corbec, in the Warhammer novel series

Gaunt's Ghosts ''Gaunt's Ghosts'' is a series of military science fiction novels by Dan Abnett, set in the ''Warhammer 40,000'' universe. It was inspired by the '' Sharpe'' series of books written by Bernard Cornwell. As of 2019, the series spans 16 novels ...

Other uses

* × ''Colmanara'', orchid genus abbreviated in trade journals as "Colm" *COLM, Nasdaq code for

Columbia Sportswear The Columbia Sportswear Company is an American company that manufactures and distributes outerwear, sportswear, and footwear, as well as headgear, camping equipment, ski apparel, and outerwear accessories. It was founded in 1938 by Paul Lam ...

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{{Given name, nocat Irish-language masculine given names

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