Colton - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 2 syll. col-ton, co-lt-on ] The boy name Colton is pronounced as KOWLTahN ^KEY. Colton is primarily used in the English language and its language of origin is Old English. The meaning of Colton is coal town, Cola's town, Koli's town. From the words 'kol' meaning coal, black ; 'tun' meaning town, settlement, homestead. The first name is derived from the Old English surname, which is itself from a place name meaning 'coal town', or else 'Cola's town' or 'Koli's town'; Cola is an Old English name and Koli is its Old Norse equivalent.

The English names Colten, Kelton, and Kolton are variant forms of the name. Another variant of Colton is the English short form Colt.

Colton is popular as a baby boy name. The name jumped in popularity from the 1980s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of very modest use only. Its usage peaked in 1996 with 0.189% of baby boys being given the name Colton. It was #105 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a decline in frequency since then. In 2007, its usage was 0.166% and its ranking #117, but it was nonetheless the most popular among all boy names in its family. In 2007, Colton was used 6 times more than the 2nd most popular name, the English Colten.

Baby names that sound like Colton include the English names Colten, Kolton, Clayton, Kelton, and Claudian.

^KEY: Pronunciation for Colton: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"

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