Unisex name

Kolby

243 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2023. Expression number: 2.

Origin

Modern variant of Colby.

From Wiktionary, entry “Kolby”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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How many babies received it

From the official birth registers.

In England and Wales

280200020102020

Peak in 2023: 28 births. 243 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 2020. It is still given: 102 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.

In the United States

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GirlsBoys

Peak in 2001: 781 births. 13,001 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. It is given to girls (10%) as well as boys (90%). It really came into use around 1974. It is still given: 976 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.

The numbers of the name

Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.

K2O6L3B2Y7

■ vowel · ■ consonant

Expression

All the letters: talents, the way you act.

2

cooperation, sensitivity, connection

2 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 7 = 20 → 2

Soul

The vowels: what drives you deep down.

4

work, structure, stability

6 + 7 = 13 → 4

Personality

The consonants: what others notice first.

7

reflection, inner life, seeking

2 + 3 + 2 = 7

Digits missing from the name
1, 4, 5, 8, 9
Most frequent digit
2 · cooperation, sensitivity, connection
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Your name and theirs

The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.