Colby (given name)

This article is about the given name "Colby". For the surname, see Colby (surname). For other uses, see Colby (disambiguation).

Colby

Gender	Unisex (originally only male)
Language	Old Norse, Old English
Origin
Meaning	Koli's town, Cola's town, coal town
Other names
Alternative spelling	Colbie
Related names	Cole, Colton, Coley

Colby is a gender-neutral given name, meaning "Koli's town", "Cola's town", or "coal town".

Notable people with the given name "Colby" include

• Colby Armstrong (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
• Colby Barlow (born 2005), Canadian ice hockey player
• Colbie Bell (born 1971), American wrestler
• Colby Bishop (born 1996), English footballer
• Colby Bockwoldt (born 1981), American football player
• Colby Burnett, American game show contestant
• Colby Buzzell (born 1976), American soldier and journalist
• Colbie Caillat (born 1985), American singer-songwriter
• Colby Cameron (born 1990), American football player
• Colby Carthel (born 1976), American football coach
• Colby Cave (1994–2020), Canadian ice hockey player
• Colby Chandler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Colby Donovan (born 2006), Scottish footballer
• Colby Mitchell Chester (1844–1932), American admiral
• Colby Coash (born 1975), American politician
• Colby Cohen (born 1989), American ice hockey player
• Colby Corino (born 1996), Canadian-American professional wrestler
• Colby Covington (born 1988), American mixed martial artist
• Colby Donaldson (born 1974), American television personality
• Colby Fainga'a (born 1991), Australian rugby union footballer
• Colby French, American actor
• Colby Fulfer (born 1978), American politician
• Colby Genoway (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
• Colby Gossett (born 1995), American football player
• Colby Howard (born 2001), American stock car racing driver
• Colby Jones (born 2002), American basketball player
• Colby Keller (born 1980), American visual artist
• Colby Lewis (born 1979), American baseball player
• Colby Lopez (born 1986), American professional wrestler known as Seth Rollins
• Colby McKercher (born 2005), Australian Rules footballer
• Colby Miller (born 1980), American video jockey
• Colby Minifie (born 1992), American actress
• Colby O'Donis (born 1989), American singer-songwriter
• Colby Parkinson (born 1999), American football player
• Colby Pearce (born 1972), American cyclist
• Colby Pridham (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
• Colby Quiñones (born 2003), Puerto Rican footballer
• Colby Raha (born 1994), American motocross racer
• Colby Rasmus (born 1986), American baseball player
• Colby Robak (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
• Colby Schwartz (born 1974), American politician
• Colby Simmons (born 2003), American road cyclist
• Colby Slater (1896–1965), American rugby union footballer
• Colby Sorsdal (born 2000), American football player
• Colby Starck, American drummer
• Colby Stevenson (born 1997), American skier
• Colby Vokey (born 1965), American lawyer
• Colby Wadman (born 1995), American football player
• Colby Ward (born 1964), American baseball player
• Colby Wedgeworth (born 1985), American musician
• Colby James West (born 1985), American skier
• Colby Williams (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player
• Colby Wooden (born 2000), American football player
• Colbie Young (born 2002), American football player

Fictional characters

• Colby Granger, a character on the television series Numb3rs
• Colby Thorne, a character on the soap opera Home and Away

See also

• Colton, given name
• Cole, given name