Columbus
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning dove; from Christoforus Colombus.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Columbus by the numbers
Columbus was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 187 babies in 1922, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that mean a bird
Like Columbus, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Jonahdove2,523 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
- Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)
- Jaya form of names beginning with J; also the bird856 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Columbus
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