Meaning: Its source is Cola tun, an Old English name meaning "Cola's town or dark settlement."

Languages: This boy's name is used in English.

Alternative Spellings: Kolton

Popularity: The name Colton ranked 124th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 1160th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

This name first made its appearance on state popularity lists of the 1990s, and has been trending upward in usage ever since.

Narrative: The Old English name Cola was derived from that language's word for coal, col.