Krosby

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 18 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Krosby by the numbers

Krosby was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Krosby

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

  • Kristyfollower of Christ; a form of Christine47 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Krosby

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

  • Crosbysettlement with crosses438 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Krosby

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