Colombe

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Colombé in DZ Algeria.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Colombe is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name5.3K records spelled Colombe12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, Congo - Kinshasa, Benin

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Côlombë, Çõlõmbê, Čôlômbê, Cõlombe, Čõlômbę

• Spanish given name558 records spelled Colombe14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Congo - Kinshasa, United States, Argentina, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Çolombé, Cölömbë, Cölômbë, Çôlòmbë, Còlòmbe

• Arabic surname138 records spelled Colombe25 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Algeria, Canada

  Also written Colombé, Côlômbe, Colombè, Çolombe, Cőlömbě

• a separate given name89 records spelled Colombe2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States

  Also written Colombé

• Indonesian given name39 records spelled Colombe3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Congo - Kinshasa

  Also written Colombé

• a separate name27 records spelled Colombe3 spellings in the group

  Also written Colombé, Çolombé

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Colombe is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Celtic name associated here with « dove ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• , 2° From Late Latin Columba ‘dove’, representing Irish Gaelic }Calum (see main dictionary).

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In French, dove, white pigeon

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Du celtique Colman; lié à l'idée de « colombe ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• French: from the Late Latin name Columba ‘dove’, borne both by men (see CALUM ) and by women. In France the name is borne principally in honour of Conception St Colombe of Sens (d. 273), who fled to France from Spain to avoid persecution but was put to death near Meaux.

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Columba of Rietib. 1467ITnot in their usual nameItalian Dominican tertiary nun
• Colombe Pelletierb. 1923CACanadian pianist
• Marie-Colombe Robichaudb. 1943CACanadian playwright
• Colombe Pringleb. 1948FRFrench journalist
• Colombe Dufourb. 1952CAQuebec children's writer and storyteller
• Colombe Schneckb. 1966FRFrench television and radio journalist (b.1966)
• Colombe Brosselb. 1976FRFrench politician
• Colombe Jacobsen-Derstineb. 1977USAmerican actress
• Colombe St-Pierreb. 1977CACanadian chef
• Colombe Boncenneb. 1981FRFrench writer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 56 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Colombe?

We estimate roughly 4.3 thousand people bear Colombe (counting its spellings and scripts) across 3 countries in our records.

In which country does Colombe have the most bearers?

We estimate about 4.3 thousand people bear Colombe in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled colombe.

How common is Colombe compared with other names?

In the Congo - Brazzaville, Colombe is the 20th most common given name of 284 given names recorded there.

Is Colombe a male or female name?

Colombe is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Colombe mean?

Recorded meaning: From Latin columba 'dove'; used as a Christian name.