my parents are Irish and all us kids have Irish names. mine is Colm. never met another. we live in the US.?

I knows lots of Colms! I know how you feel, Im Irish, and everytime I meet a foreign person,they can never pronounce my name - Aisling (ash-ling)

Lots of people called Colm in Ireland (my brother is one!), We all have Irish names in our family but colm is one of the more common ones, come over to visit and no one will have a problem pronouncing it!

It's a beautiful name. My brother was named Colm. In Irish it means "dove." It's a fairly common name in Ireland, especially in the West of Ireland. (Our mum is from Ireland.)

Check out this link. You'll enjoy it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colm

Where in the US do you live? I know a few people with Irish family/background and traditional family names that once they move from the main Irish areas (New York, Boston) - people have problems with their Irish names.

Colm is a fairly common name in Ireland. I have met one or two in the US as well - you are not alone :) Be thankful your name isn't Conan - people have a field day with that one.

I know 3 lads called Colm, it is a popular name here.

Nope its not uncommon

I know a good few guys named Colm here

Not an uncommon name in Ireland and what a lovely name your mother called you - meaning "Dove" Bless x

It's fairly popular. I'd know a few. It's been in the top 100 baby names for at least the past few years. Here's a link to where you can see the rankings...

http://www.cso.ie/releasespublications/documents/b...

yes plenty of Colm's here, suprised not more over there

No it's quite popular in Ireland. I don't get how people woulf ind it hard to say though!