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Updated August 7, 2024

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Hebrew : Faithful; dog; bold
  • English : Dark-haired
  • Scandinavian : From the dark country

How Popular Is The Name Colby

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from places in Norfolk and Cumbria named Colby, from the Old Norse personal name Koli (a byname for a swarthy person, from kol ‘(char)coal’) + Old Norse býr ‘settlement’.
  • Variant spelling of Norwegian Kolby, a habitational name in Akershus, with the same etymology as 1.

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