Given name & surname

Koli

“bald”

Koli is a surname from Old Norse. It is used in Finnish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Koli goes back to a word meaning “bald.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Koli comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Koli through the years

Babies since 1880
21
13 boys · 8 girls
Most popular year
2010
21 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Boys Girls
024682025Highest share 2010Boys 0.0Girls 0.0
Koli in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2010–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 13 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 302 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.

Koli’s family of names

In Greek usage, Koli as a surname is a transliteration of Κόλη. In Greek usage, Koli as a surname is a transliteration of Κόλι.

Walk Koli’s family in the name graph

KoliΚόλιΚόλη

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Koli, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old Norse · Modern

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“careful”

0Not recently recordedRising fast

77% boys · 23% girls

Old Norse · Modern

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20RareRising fast

79% boys · 21% girls

Old Norse · Modern

Halsten

“a stylish woman” · “from the manor on the hill”

17Very rareRising fast

83% boys · 17% girls

Modern

Rilley

“from the small brook”

0Not recently recorded

49% boys · 51% girls

Modern

Nijay

0Not recently recorded

54% boys · 46% girls

Old Norse · Modern

Bixby

“box tree”

0Not recently recorded

54% boys · 46% girls

Modern

Bar

“foreign woman” · “a traveler from a foreign land; a stranger”

0Not recently recorded

54% boys · 46% girls

Modern

Emrah

“one who is brotherly”

0Not recently recorded

83% boys · 17% girls

Sibling ideas

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