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Unisex name

Colby

Colby ranks #1,743 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 3 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #312 among boy dog names.
Colby's popularity trend

Colby's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2012.

0.01%0.02%2012201420162019
Cats in our data
3
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#1,743
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
−1,851
2014 → 2019
Gender split
68% male
32% female68% male

Gender split comes from 22 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Colby mean?
/ˈkoʊl.bi/2 syllablesOrigin: a surname

Colby is an English surname and place name combining Old Norse kol, "charcoal," with býr, "settlement" — describing a village associated with charcoal-burning. It's also familiar in the U.S. as the name of a mild, semi-hard cheese.

Colby has a friendly, all-American sound that suits an easygoing, good-natured companion. It's approachable without being plain.

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Colby shows up

Cats named Colby per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.02%
TorontoON, CA<0.01%

Cat names like Colby

ColeColaColinShelby