Kolsten
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Kolsten by the numbers
Kolsten was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Kolsten
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 Kolsten. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Koltencoal settlement; a form of colton245 in the US (2017)
- Kolsen17 in the US (2017)
- Kolston16 in the US (2017)
- Koltoncoal settlement; a form of Colton679 in the US (2017)
- Karstenfollower of christ; a form of Christian62 in the US (2017)
- Koltyncoal settlement; a modern respelling of Colton56 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kolsten
Names that are said the same way as Kolsten, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Colstoncole's settlement; a place name used as a given name50 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kolsten
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