Given name & surname
Colley
“a dark-haired man”
Colley is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a dark-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a dark-haired man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Colley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24
- 18 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,571 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,571 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 112 as a first name in 2020; 8,392 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Colley’s family of names
Colley has a related form in Colleen. Colley has a related form in Collie. Colley has a related form in Collea.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Colley
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Colley, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Delvin
“a godly friend”
98% boys · 2% girls
Bradley
“from the broad field” · “from the wide meadow”
96% boys · 4% girls
Tory
“victorious woman; winner; conqueror” · “one who pays homage to Ireland”
58% boys · 42% girls
Dusty
“a brave fighter; from a dusty place”
71% boys · 29% girls
Darnell
“a secretive woman” · “from the hidden place”
>99% boys
Sherrick
“one who has already left”
97% boys · 3% girls
Jody
“woman from Judea” · “God will add”
70% boys · 30% girls
Brett
“woman of Britain or Brittany” · “a man from Britain or Brittany”
94% boys · 6% girls