Given name & surname
Corbett
“resembling a young raven”
Corbett is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “resembling a young raven.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “resembling a young raven.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
From Anglo-Norman corbet (“little crow; carrion crow”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1892. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Corbett through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,433
- 2,433 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 54 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,781 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,781 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 31.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 54 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,521 as a first name in 2020; 25,154 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.
Corbett’s family of names
Corbett has a related form in Corbin. Corbett has a related form in Corbet. Corbett has a related form in Corbitt.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Corbett
- Corbett DennenyCanadian ice hockey player (1894–1963)
- Corbett DavisAmerican football player (1914-1968)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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