Coalton
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning coal settlement; dark coal mining town.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Coalton by the numbers
Coalton was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Coalton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)
- Claytonclay settlement or town1,487 in the US (2017)
- Coltendark settlement or coal town; a respelling of Colton358 in the US (2017)
- Colsoncoal-black; son of Cole321 in the US (2017)
- Carltonsettlement of the peasants or common people71 in the US (2017)
- Coltyna form of Colton; colt settlement64 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Coalton
Names that are said the same way as Coalton, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Coalton, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Adrianfrom Hadria; dark one6,317 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Coledark, swarthy; charcoal3,458 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Donovandark brown warrior; surname used as given name1,056 in the US (2017)
- Sullivandark-eyed or black-eyed one165 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Coalton
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