Kolby
Kolby is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Male
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 10,345 male / 1,098 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Kolby
If you do not know Kolby’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Kolby,” in English, “Guten Tag Kolby,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Kolby,
German
Guten Tag Kolby,
French
Bonjour Kolby,
Spanish
Estimado/a Kolby:
Chinese
Kolby您好：
Japanese
Kolby様
English
Hi Kolby,
German
Hi Kolby,
French
Salut Kolby,
Spanish
Hola Kolby,
Chinese
Kolby你好：
Japanese
Kolbyさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | common | man's name |
United States birth data
10,345 male · 1,098 female · 11,443 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 90.4% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Kolby a male or female name?
Kolby is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Kolby in an email?
If you do not know Kolby’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Kolby,” in English, “Guten Tag Kolby,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Kolby a unisex name?
Kolby is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Kolby a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/kolby. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_kolby,
title = {Is Kolby a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/kolby},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}