Colby

Colors Related to this Name: Purple, Lilac, Mavve

Qualities Related to this Name: Creative, Light-Hearted

Popularity: This is a very popular name in the US. Ranking #400 in 2013 and #428 in 2014.

Meaning

In English

Origin: Place name in Norfolk and Cumbria from Old Norse kol ‎(“charcoal”) or Koli, personal name + býr ‎(“settlement”).

Meaning(s):

-A city and county seat in Kansas.

-A city and town in Wisconsin.

-A soft, moist, mild cheese made with a washed-curd process.

-A village in the Isle of Man.

-One of two villages in England.

-( male name -comes from the last names language-), transferred from the last name.

-(last name habitational -comes from the Old English language-)