# Cal as a nn for Malcolm? **URL:** \ **Category:** Boy Names\ **Created:** [June 6, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/cal-as-a-nn-for-malcolm/199847 "2013-06-06T06:38:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![averelladavina](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/averelladavina/32/2252_2.png) [@averelladavina](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/averelladavina)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/cal-as-a-nn-for-malcolm/199847/1 "2013-06-06T06:38:40Z")
Can you see [name]Cal[/name] working as a nn for [name]Malcolm[/name]? I love the sound of [name]Cal[/name] and have been crushing on [name]Malcolm[/name] lately so I was wondering if anyone else thinks this would work or if it’s just me becuase I want it to work. ---
**Author:** ![emsky](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/emsky/32/2990_2.png) [@emsky](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/emsky)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/cal-as-a-nn-for-malcolm/199847/3 "2013-06-06T08:51:36Z")
> [@tfzolghadr](#): > > I don’t see it as the most intuitive nn, but why not? I think [name]Mac[/name], [name]Cole[/name], and [name]Colm[/name] are much simpler… I agree. I love [name]Cole[/name] and [name]Colm[/name]. [name]Do[/name] you not like [name]Callum[/name], [name]Callen[/name], [name]Calvin[/name] to get to [name]Cal[/name]? But the letters are all there, and you can pretty much do whatever you want. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anon23577251](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/anon23577251/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@anon23577251](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/anon23577251)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/cal-as-a-nn-for-malcolm/199847/4 "2013-06-06T08:56:02Z")
[name]Callister[/name] is one of your favorite names and you want to use [name]Cal[/name] as a nickname for [name]Malcolm[/name]? ---
**Author:** ![mommakyra](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/mommakyra/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@mommakyra](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/mommakyra)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/cal-as-a-nn-for-malcolm/199847/5 "2013-06-06T10:06:51Z")
I think it works! ---
**Author:** ![whitefeather01](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/whitefeather01/32/45797_2.png) [@whitefeather01](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/whitefeather01)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/cal-as-a-nn-for-malcolm/199847/6 "2013-06-06T10:45:52Z")
[name]Cal[/name] is a bit of a stretch for [name]Malcolm[/name]. ---
**Author:** ![adamas](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/adamas/32/1145_2.png) [@adamas](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/adamas)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/cal-as-a-nn-for-malcolm/199847/7 "2013-06-06T13:37:53Z")
> [@tfzolghadr](#): > > I don’t see it as the most intuitive nn, but why not? I think [name]Mac[/name], [name]Cole[/name], and [name]Colm[/name] are much simpler… Yeah. If you like [name]Malcolm[/name], what about [name]Callum[/name] (which I realize has already been suggested)? ---
**Author:** ![averelladavina](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/averelladavina/32/2252_2.png) [@averelladavina](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/averelladavina)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/cal-as-a-nn-for-malcolm/199847/8 "2013-06-06T20:34:49Z")
Thanks for the input, currently I have [name]Callister[/name] on my list as my “[name]Cal[/name]” name, I was just wondering if [name]Malcolm[/name] might work too, of course I would never use both. For some reason [name]Callum[/name] and [name]Callan[/name] don’t appeal to me and I would never use [name]Calvin[/name], as much as I like the sound, due to a veriety of reasons ---
**Author:** ![whimsy21](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/whimsy21/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@whimsy21](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/whimsy21)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/cal-as-a-nn-for-malcolm/199847/9 "2013-06-06T20:50:35Z")
I think it works. [name]Malcolm[/name] is such an handsome name though, I don’t know why it needs a nickname! ---
**Author:** ![maewynmannix](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/maewynmannix/32/3248_2.png) [@maewynmannix](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/maewynmannix)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/cal-as-a-nn-for-malcolm/199847/10 "2013-06-07T04:25:24Z")
Let his future friends come up with the nicknames. Not your job. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d3e4s07haqhh9y.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/b/bb0f52bb29e5c9ad6002ee7f1a92d42d308ffe28.png) [@system](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/cal-as-a-nn-for-malcolm/199847/11 "2013-06-07T08:50:21Z")
I think [name]Cal[/name] is completely usable with [name]Malcolm[/name]. We briefly considered [name]Malcolm[/name] a while back, and [name]Cal[/name] was the NN I was planning with it too. ---
**Author:** ![averelladavina](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/averelladavina/32/2252_2.png) [@averelladavina](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/averelladavina)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/cal-as-a-nn-for-malcolm/199847/12 "2013-06-07T10:21:49Z")
> [@maewynmannix](#): > > Let his future friends come up with the nicknames. > Not your job. I get where you’re coming from here but parents do have a say in the child’s nn, in my experiance if you have a prefered nn for your child rather than just calling them by their full name you can have some control over unwanted nicknames. People shorten names, so having a prefered nn is a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![averelladavina](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/averelladavina/32/2252_2.png) [@averelladavina](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/averelladavina)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/cal-as-a-nn-for-malcolm/199847/13 "2013-06-07T10:23:23Z")
> [@javad](#): > > I think [name]Cal[/name] is completely usable with [name]Malcolm[/name]. We briefly considered [name]Malcolm[/name] a while back, and [name]Cal[/name] was the NN I was planning with it too. Great to know I’m not the only one who thought of it! ---
**Author:** ![myers509](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/myers509/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@myers509](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/myers509)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/cal-as-a-nn-for-malcolm/199847/14 "2013-06-07T11:03:13Z")
For nn, I think more of [name]Cole[/name] than [name]Cal[/name]. I guess I attribute [name]Cal[/name] to [name]Calvin[/name] and the likes… ---
**Author:** ![ellenelle](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/ellenelle/32/1254_2.png) [@ellenelle](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/ellenelle)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/cal-as-a-nn-for-malcolm/199847/15 "2013-06-07T11:14:36Z")
I do think [name]Cole[/name] is more intuitive. [name]Cal[/name] could work, but I think it will only catch on if you use it all the time and introduce him as [name]Cal[/name]. If someone were to meet him as a [name]Malcolm[/name], I doubt they would gravitate toward [name]Cal[/name] without a big push. ---
**Author:** ![backtomyroots](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/backtomyroots/32/1365_2.png) [@backtomyroots](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/backtomyroots)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/cal-as-a-nn-for-malcolm/199847/16 "2013-06-07T18:51:47Z")
I prefer [name]Callum[/name] nn [name]Cal[/name] and [name]Malcolm[/name] nn [name]Mac[/name]!