Forename Columbus

Around the world, Columbus (Colm , Columbus , קולומבוס ) is a common principally male, but very infrequently girly given name. The first name Columbus is characteristic of Ireland, where it is quite a common masculine name, the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare male name, and Nigeria, where it is quite a rare largely masculine, but infrequently female name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Ireland, the United States, and Nigeria. Very seldom, Columbus is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Columbus

name Колумбус, name كولومبوس, name 哥伦布, name Коломбо, name Kristóf, name Columbus, name Columb, name كولومبو, name קולומבוס, name Colón, name Colombo, name Colomb, name Kolumbo, name Colom, name Colm, name Христофор, name コロンボ, name โคลัมบัส, name 科隆, name Колон, name Columbo

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Colm	Australia, South Africa, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
Columbus	Philippines, United Kingdom, United States, Nigeria, Malaysia
קולומבוס	Israel
كولومبوس	Morocco

First names said to be same

Colom, Colomb, Colombo, Columb, Columbo, Colón, Kolumbo, Kristóf, Коломбо, Колон, Колумбус, Христофор, كولومبو, โคลัมบัส, コロンボ, 哥伦布, and 科隆

First name Columbus in the context

Columbus is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Columbus , the fictional character from Philip Glass's "The Voyage" and Columbus , the film character.

Notable namesakes

	columbus painter Greek vase painter (b. 700)
	columbus o'donnell American General, War of 1812, US (b. 1792)
	columbus delano American politician (1809-1896), US (b. 1809)
	columbus ingilby (born 1798) (b. 1798)
	columbus fitzpatrick (1810-1877) builder and undertaker (b. 1810)
	columbus c. douglas American politician, US (b. 1812)
	columbus v. tyler American politician, US (b. 1825)
	columbus germain American politician, US (b. 1827)
	columbus caldwell American farmer and politician, US (b. 1830)
	columbus sims (b. 1829)
	columbus templeton (b. 1830)
	columbus marion cook (b. 1833)
	columbus iselin American financier and philanthropist, US (b. 1851)
	columbus white African American architect (b. 1855)
	columbus marion joiner American businessman, US (b. 1860)