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Columbus

kuh-LUM-bus · 8 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
Dove
Language
Latin
Culture
Italian;English
Religion
Catholic
Style era
vintage
Themes
historical · Italian
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Popularity over time

2023 rank#12573
2023 births5
Peak year1922
First appeared1880
Total US births7,517
1922 peak18801916195219872023
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Alternate spellings
Colombo
In other languages
Colombo (Italian)Colón (Spanish)

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Notable people named Columbus

Christopher Columbus (explorer)
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