Boy · Old Norse, through English
Colby
Say it: KOHL-bee
Meaning
From an English surname taken from a place name, Old Norse personal name Koli and bý 'farmstead'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used in the US mainly from the 1980s, also associated with the cheese named for Colby, Wisconsin.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 55,562 babies given this name since 1888
- At its height in 2001, about 1 in 503 boys
- 481 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kolby, Colbie
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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