Entry № 2129 · French origin

Colombe Colombe — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ko-LOMB /
Gender
Girl
Origin
French
Meaning
"Dove"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (French)

A name that means "dove".

Colombe is the French word for "dove" — from the Latin columba. Saint Colombe of Sens was a 3rd-century martyr in Roman Gaul.

Colombe is rising in modern France.

Dove. The French Saint Colombe of Sens.

The name in its native script.

Colombe
Transliteration
Colombe
Pronunciation
/ koʊˈlɒmb /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Colombe stands.

Colombe does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Colombes before her.

Real people
Saint Colombe of Sens
3rd-century French martyr.
died c. 273 CE
In fiction
Colombe
Common in French literature.

Names connected to Colombe.

The number behind Colombe.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Colombe reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.