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Updated May 24, 2023

Boy name origins & meanings

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

Boy name variations

Caleb

Caleb

- 3% this year
Masculine
Common
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Cale

Cale

+ 33% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Cal

Cal

+ 30% this year
Neutral
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Cleve

Cleve

0 % this year
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Cliff

Cliff

+ 14% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Kolby

Kolby

+ 6% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Kelby

Kelby

+ 23% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kole

Kole

- 20% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Kollby

Kollby

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Koelby

Koelby

0 % this year
Masculine
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Kohlby

Kohlby

0 % this year
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Koleby

Koleby

0 % this year
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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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