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Colton Say it: KOHL-tun
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Meaning From an English surname taken from a place name, probably 'Cola's farmstead' (Old English personal name Cola and tūn ).
Likely the main view, with some doubt.
A surname name that rose quickly in the US from the 1990s.
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In the United States 0 1 2 3 4 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2013 per 1,000 babies of that sex 132,786 babies given this name since 1913 At its height in 2013, about 1 in 291 boys 4,980 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Colten, Kolton
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