Given name & surname
Columbine
“dove”·“resembling a dove”
Columbine is a variant of Columba. Interpretations include “dove” and “resembling a dove” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Columbine is a variant of Columba. Interpretations include “dove” and “resembling a dove” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
How it developed
Columbine is a diminutive of Colomba.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Columbine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30
- 0 boys · 30 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1933. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1926.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Columbine’s family of names
Columbine is a diminutive of Colomba. Columbine has a related form in Columba. In English usage, Columbine has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form KOLUMBA.
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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