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Colbe

Boy · KOHL-bee · Old Norse

Colbe is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “Koli's farm”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Colbe mean?

Old Norse: spelling of Colby, an English place name of Norse origin

“Koli's farm”

Colby comes from the Norse personal name Koli and by, 'farmstead'.

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KOHL-bee

Is Colbe a girl's or a boy's name?

Colbe is a boys' name.

How popular is Colbe in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.

Half of all the boys named Colbe in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1998Busiest: 21 in 20012015
Colbe in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20155#12,080
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20106#10,759
20096#10,989
20086#11,030
20076#10,915
20067#9,579
20050–
20045#11,348
20038#7,824
200215#4,913
200121#3,837
200010#6,309
19997#7,867
199811#5,460

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