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01 / Meaning & origin
Columb is recorded in Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025 (1964–2025), given to boys; no dictionary entry is in our sources yet.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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03 / By the numbers
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1964–2025 Spelling: Columb
Recorded category boys
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Source: Central Statistics Office · Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | 3 | 250 | observed |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | 3 | 291 | observed |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Columb” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Columb— “dove”
It was from his gentle character that Crimthan, the great and admirable son of the House of Neill, was called Columba, a fitting name for him who was truly a dove of peace to the wild Hebrides. In Ireland this good man is generally called St. Columkill, St. Columb of the cell, or monastery, because of the numbers of these centres of Christian instruction founded by him, and he is thus distinguished from a second Columb, called after him. He has, indeed, left strong traces on…
It was from his gentle character that Crimthan, the great and admirable son of the House of Neill, was called Columba, a fitting name for him who was truly a dove of peace to the wild Hebrides. In Ireland this good man is generally called St. Columkill, St. Columb of the cell, or monastery, because of the numbers of these centres of Christian instruction founded by him, and he is thus distinguished from a second Columb, called after him. He has, indeed, left strong traces on the nomenclature of the country that he evangelized. Colin, so frequent among the Scots of all ranks, is the direct descendant of Columba, though it is often confounded with the French Colin, from Nicolas, who is the chief Colin of modern Arcadia, and perhaps has the best right to the feminine invention of Colinette. Besides this, it was the frequent custom to be called Gillie-colum and Maol-colm, the disciple, or shaveling, of Columb, from whence arose Malcolm, one of the most national of Scottish names. Colan, probably called after the patron saint of the place, was married at St. Columb Magna, in Cornwall, in 1752; but earlier it was Columb for men, Columba for women, both now disused.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter VI (Modern Names From The Latin), Section IV (Columba) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
