Kolston

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kolston by the numbers

Kolston was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 28 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kolston

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

  • Koltoncoal settlement; a form of Colton679 in the US (2017)
  • Kolson61 in the US (2017)
  • Koston13 in the US (2017)
  • Kolsten7 in the US (2017)
  • Koleton5 in the US (2017)
  • Koltencoal settlement; a form of colton245 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kolston

Names that are said the same way as Kolston, 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 Kolston

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