Boy · Latin, through Old Irish
Colmán
Say it: KUL-uh-mawn
Meaning
Diminutive of Colm: 'little dove'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Borne by a great many early Irish saints.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 998 babies given this name since 1909
- At its height in 1909, about 1 in 20,500 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Saint Colmán of Lindisfarne
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- The Irish annals and early Irish literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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