Given name & surname
Coltrane
“a young horse; from the coal town”
Coltrane is a variant of Colt. One English interpretation is “a young horse; from the coal town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Coltrane is a variant of Colt. One English interpretation is “a young horse; from the coal town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Coltrane is a variant of Colt. An origin associated with Colt is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Coltrane through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 339
- 339 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −57%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 328 as a first name in 2020; 1,097 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.
Coltrane’s family of names
Coltrane has a related form in Colt. In English usage, Coltrane as a surname has a related form in Coltrain. In English usage, Coltrane as a surname has a related form in Coltrain.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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