Kolby
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning dark settlement; variant of Colby.
How Kolby has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #827 |
| 2016 | #952 |
Kolby by the numbers
In 2025, 20 babies in England and Wales were named Kolby. In the US, 199 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 739 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kolby. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kobysupplanter; a form of Jacob or Jacoby60 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kolbedark settlement; a modern respelling of Colby53 in the US (2017)
- Kelbyfrom the farm by the spring; dwelling by the spring42 in the US (2017)
- Kobbyborn on Tuesday; diminutive form4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kolbi43 in the US (2017)
- Korbynraven; a form of Corbin219 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kolby
Names that are said the same way as Kolby, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Kolby, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Adrianfrom Hadria; dark one6,317 in the US (2017)
- Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 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)
Names about as common as Kolby
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