Colby

Colby \col-by, co-lby\ is a boy's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Colby is sometimes used as a girl name meaning and origin. Its pronunciation is KAAL-Biy- or KOWL-Biy- ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Colby: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)"

What is the origin of Colby?

Colby is used predominantly in the English language and its origin is Old English. The name is of the meaning coal town, Cola's town, Koli's town. From the elements 'kol' meaning coal, black ; 'býr' meaning village, farm. The first name is derived from an Old English surname, which is itself from an Old Norse place name of the meaning 'coal town', or else 'Cola's town' or 'Koli's town'. See Colby name for more info. Colby has 20 variants. Coalbea name popularity, name Coalbeah, Coalbee meaning, name Coalbey meaning, Coalbi definition, Coalbie name variations, meaning of Coalby, what does the name Colbea mean, meaning of Colbeah, name Colbee meaning, Colbey name, baby name Colbi, short names for Colbie, short names for Colbin, Cole name, name Colebee meaning, name Coleby origin, name Collby origin, name Kolby origin, and Koleby pronounciation. See also the related form, meaning of Colton (English). Colby is popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1960s; before that, it was of sporadic use only. At the modest height of its usage in 2001, 0.187% of baby boys were given the name Colby. Its ranking then was #99. In 2010, its usage was 0.059% and its ranking #280, and it was the 3rd most popular after what does the name Colton mean and Cole name popularity, within all boy names in its group. In 2010, Colton's use outnumbered Colby's by 4 times. Colby has in the past century been predominantly given to baby boys.

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The baby name Colby fun facts:

The name Colby in reverse order is "Ybloc".

The numerological value of the name Colby is number 3, which means expression, verbalization, socialization, the arts, the joy of living.

How popular is Colby?

Colby is in the top names in USA.