Hi Jerry Sounds more like a variant spelling of Coll which was an old Gaelic name. modern version is Colin. Best wishes Ian A McClumpha Researching Scottish Family History; please look at our website> www.imchad.freeola.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jerrold Brosious Sent: 01 March 2012 21:26 To: [email protected] Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Man's name Caull Hello, In an 1820's Scottish record I found the man's given name Caull.   I'd never seen it before and from baisc on-line searching I found the case of a living person with the first name Caul,   a nickname for Nicholas.   Someone has suggested it could derive from Malcolm.   Nicholas strikes me as a sensible source for Caull.  Does anyone have any ideas?  Thanks. Jerry Minneapolis, Minnesota,  USA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message