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The boy's name Colby \c(o)-lby, col-by\ is pronounced KOHL-bee. It is of Old Norse origin, and its meaning is "swarthy person's settlement". From the personal name Koli (from "kol" meaning "charcoal"). There was a 1980s television series "The Colbys". See also Kolby. Colby has 5 variant forms: Colbee, Colbert, Colbey, Colbie and Collby. For more information, see also the related name Colton. Baby names that sound like Colby are Gilby and Kelby. Colby is a somewhat common first name for men (#703 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#2642 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census) Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy name Colby. Compare Colby with its variant forms and related boy names.
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