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 [ 2 syll. col-by, co-lby ] The girl name Colby is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced KOWLBiy KEY. Colby is of Old English origin and it is used mainly in English. The name Colby means 'coal town, Cola's town, Koli's town'. Derived from kol which means 'coal, black' ; býr which means 'village, farm'. The use of the feminine name could have been promoted by the fictional Alexis Colby from the American TV series Dynasty (1981-1989). See Colby for more info. Forms of the name include the English names Colbee, Colbey, Colbi, Colbie, Kolbie, and Kolby. Colby is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Colby has in the last century been mainly given to boys. Baby names that sound like Colby include the English Colbi, the English Colbie, the English Kolbie, the English Kolby, the English Colbee, the English Colbey, the Cambodian Kolab, the Spanish Caliopa, the German Clivia, the name Kalifa, the Greek Kaliopi, the Greek and Latinized Calliope, and the English and German Kalliope. KEY: Pronunciation for Colby: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
