Colum

boys:

86 births since 1972

#4500 (2nd percentile)

overall:

86 births since 1972

#7653 (1st percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Colum".

1972 2016 19722016

Key Statistics

Total Births
86
Peak Births
9
Peak Year
1999
First Recorded
1972
Peak Percentile
0.5%
Current Percentile
0.1%
Peak Rank
#661
Current Rank
#920
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Colum

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Colum. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 41.2% confident that Colum is pronounced as KAH-luhm. The next most likely pronunciation is KUH-luhm, at 26.5% confidence.

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KAH-luhm (2 syllables)
41.2% confidence
K AA1 L AH0 M
KUH-luhm (2 syllables)
26.5% confidence
K AH1 L AH0 M
KAW-luhm (2 syllables)
23.5% confidence
K AO1 L AH0 M
KOH-luhm (2 syllables)
8.8% confidence
K OW1 L AH0 M

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Colum. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Colum, please vote using the thumbs up button.

KA-luhm (2 syllables)
7 names 16.2k births
K AE1 L AH0 M
KUH-lehm (2 syllables)
1 name 940 births
K AH1 L EH0 M

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K AA1 L AH0 M) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.