Colgate - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Colgate \c(o)-lga-

is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "dark gate". Place name. Associated in America with a soap-manufacturing company, and an Ivy League college. It was originally called Hamilton Literary and Theological Seminary, but was renamed Colgate University in 1890 for its benefactor, William Colgate of the soap fortune.

Colgate has 1 variant form: Colegate.

Colgate is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#30602 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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