Colby
Colby comes from the Old Norse "kol" (coal, dark) and "by" (village, settlement) — meaning "coal town" or "dark village." The name began as a surname. Colby entered the US top 1000 in 1960 and peaked at #96 in 2001. The driver was the broader trend toward Scandinavian-sounding names. Colby (the cheese, invented in Colby, Wisconsin in 1885) gave the name a food association. Colby is a male name of English / Norse origin that means "Coal town, or "dark village"". Sleek, modern, and friendly. The name sounds approachable. Colbys tend to be social. US peaked #96 in 2001. Now top 400. Well-known people named Colby include Colby (cheese), Colby (Norse place name), Colby (fictional, various). Common variations and related forms of Colby include Colbee (variant), Colbie (variant), Kolby (variant).