Kolbi

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 43 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
43
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kolbi by the numbers

Kolbi was given to 43 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 38 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kolbi

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 Kolbi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kelbyfrom the farm by the spring; dwelling by the spring42 in the US (2017)
  • Kaleithe wreath or garland40 in the US (2017)
  • Kellibright-headed; a spelling variant of Kelly30 in the US (2017)
  • Korri17 in the US (2017)
  • Kalai9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kolbi

Names that are said the same way as Kolbi, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Colbycoal town; a place name surname222 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kolbydark settlement; variant of Colby199 in the US (2017)
  • Colbiecool stream; a form of Colby172 in the US (2017)
  • Kolbiedark settlement; a variant of Colby67 in the US (2017)
  • Colbi11 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kolbi

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