Coltan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 18 babies a year in the US.
Coltan by the numbers
Coltan was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 44 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Coltan
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Coltan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)
- Coltendark settlement or coal town; a respelling of Colton358 in the US (2017)
- Coltyna form of Colton; colt settlement64 in the US (2017)
- Coltincoal town; a variant of Colton39 in the US (2017)
- Colmandark-complexioned devotee, follower of St Columba6 in the US (2017)
- Colinyoung warrior; a form of Caoilean1,662 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Coltan
Names that are said the same way as Coltan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Koltoncoal settlement; a form of Colton679 in the US (2017)
- Koltencoal settlement; a form of colton245 in the US (2017)
- Koltyncoal settlement; a modern respelling of Colton56 in the US (2017)
- Kholtona form of Colton or Holton with kh- spelling5 in the US (2017)
- Koltin25 in the US (2017)
- Kohlton14 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Coltan
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