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What does Colby mean?
Colby 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced KOHL-bee. It is of Old Norse origin, and the meaning of Colby 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.
ASSOCIATED WITH norse
Variations
VARIANTS Colbee, Colbert, Colbey, Colbie, Collby
SEE ALSO Colton
RELATION VIA KOLBY Kelby
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Calby, ..
(female) Coli, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Colby Johnpaul (C.J.), ..
How popular is Colby?
Colby is a somewhat prominent first name for males (#703 out of 1220, Top 58%) and an even more prominent surname for both adults and children (#3015 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Colby reached its highest position of #99 in the U.S. in the year 2001, and is at #594 currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Colton (#68 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Kolby (#1078), Colbert and Kelby are the prominent alternative forms of Colby (#594) rated in the Top 2000. Usage of these relations of Colby was widespread in the year 2001 (USAGE OF 0.4%) and is almost as conventional today (USAGE 0.3%, 19.7% LESS). Colton has been the most prevalent, while forms like Colby are now somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Colby▼ is pronounced similarly to Kelbey and Kellby. Other recommended sound-alike names are Alby, Bobby▼, Cadby, Caley, Canby, Clay, Cloy, Cob, Cobb, Cobby, Cobe, Cobey, Cobi, Coby▼, Codey▼, Cody▼, Col, Colan, Colas, Cole, Colet, Coley, Colin▼, Colis, Coll, Colla, Colle, Colley, Colm, Colt▲, Colum, Colwyn, Colyn, Coney, Conley, Conwy, Corby, Corbyn, Corey▼, Corley, Corry, Corty, Cory▼, Coty▼, Covey, Cowry, Coxey, Coy▼, Crosby▲, Cully, Gilby, Joby, Koby▼, Robby▼, Selby, Toby▼ and Welby. These names tend to be less commonly used than Colby.
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