Meaning and Origin of: Colby

Colby in Hebrew means "Faithful" while looking at English origin it means "Dark-haired."

Boy name origins & meanings

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

Boy name variations

Caleb
Cale
Cal
Cleve
Cliff
Kolby
Kelby
Kole
Kollby
Koelby
Kohlby
Koleby

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.