Boy · English
Colt
Say it: KOHLT
Meaning
From the English word colt, a young horse, and the surname of firearms maker Samuel Colt.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used as an American boys' name from the 1980s.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 20,927 babies given this name since 1957
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 977 boys
- 1,674 babies in 2020
Through the ages
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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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