Colby

Where Colby comes from

From either the Old Norse personal name Koli or kol (“charcoal”) + býr (“settlement”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Colby
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,031 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Colby Covington born
    American mixed martial artist
  3. 1989
    Colby O'Donis born
    American singer
  4. 2001
    Peak, #99
    3,859 babies named Colby — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #220.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Colby O'Donis · American singer, born 1989
  • Colby Covington · American mixed martial artist, born 1988
  • Colby Minifie · American actress, born 1992
  • Colby Stevenson · American freestyle skier, born 1997
  • Colby Cave · Canadian ice hockey player, 1994–2020

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.