SaveType Surname (from occupation & from given name)
Usage Italian
Meaning & History
Either from Italian colomba "dove" indicating a dove keeper, or from the given name COLOMBO, which is derived from the same word. This was the Italian surname of the 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus.
Related Names
VariantColumbo
Other Languages & CulturesColeman(English) Coleman(Irish) MacCailín, MacCallion, MacCallum, Mac Coluim, McCallum(Scottish) Colón(Spanish)
