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Columbia name meaning

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What does the name Columbia mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Columbia

User Submitted Origins

Latin
53%
American
33%
English
7%
Mexican
7%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A user from Australia says the name Columbia means "Rare beauty angelic gods gift".
  2. A user from South Africa says the name Columbia is of American origin and means "Goddess of America".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Co*lum"bi*a
America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer.
Other Dictionary Sources
  1. A university in New York City
    Synonyms: columbia university
  2. A university town in central Missouri
  3. Capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina
    Synonyms: capital of south carolina
  4. A town in west central Tennessee
  5. A North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring
    Synonyms: columbia river
Wiktionary

From Christopher Columbus, the Latinized name of the European explorer. The supercontinent was named by John Rogers and Santosh Madhava Warrier in 2002.

  1. (poetic) America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus.
  2. (dated) The female personification of the USA.
  3. The capital city of South Carolina, United States and the county seat of Richland County.
  4. A river in the United States and Canada, flowing from the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific Ocean.
  5. A city, the county seat of Adair County, Kentucky.
  6. A city, the county seat of Marion County, Mississippi.
  7. A city, the county seat of Boone County, Missouri.
  8. A city, the county seat of Maury County, Tennessee.
  9. A town, the parish seat of Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.
  10. A town, the county seat of Tyrrell County, North Carolina.
  11. A census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California, United States.
  12. Columbia University.
  13. Space Shuttle Columbia (named after the Columbia Rediviva).
  14. (geology) A supercontinent thought to have existed in the Paleoproterozoic.
  15. Misspelling of Colombia.

Columbia was also found in the following language(s): Catalan and Latin

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Notable Persons Named Columbia

Notable Persons Named Columbia

Columbia Lancaster

Columbia Lancaster was a Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington Territory's at-large district, and Delegate to theU.S. House of RepresentativesfromWashington Territory'sat-large district. His most notable accomplishments were from 1854 to 1855. Columbia was born on August 26th, 1803 in New Milford, Connecticut. He passed away on September 15th, 1893.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Columbia

Notable Persons With the Last Name Columbia

Al Columbia

Al Columbia is a comics creator. Al is also known as Lucien, Orange Sunshine, and Jack Lazy.

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Columbia U.S.
█  White 92.15% 64.26%
█  African American 1.41% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.00% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.00% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 0.59% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 5.50% 16.26%

Of Last Name Columbia

People with the last name Columbia are most frequently White

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Fun Facts about the name Columbia

  • How Popular is the name Columbia? Columbia is the 14,372nd most popular name of all time. As a last name Columbia was the 28,049th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Columbia have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 645 babies born with the first name Columbia in the United States. That's more than enough people named Columbia to occupy the territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) with an estimated population of 605 (as of June 30, 2010).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Columbia? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1882 when it was given as a first name to 6 new born babies.
  • When was Columbia first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Columbia is Friday, December 18th, 1868.
  • What year had the most people named Columbia born? The highest recorded use of the first name Columbia was in 1916 with a total of 33 babies.
  • Random Columbia Factoid: According to the 1919 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Columbia is not a popular baby girl's name in New Jersey. Imagine that, only 5 babies in New Jersey have the same name in 1919.
  • Weird things about the name Columbia: The name spelled backwards is Aibmuloc. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Aibcuolm. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Columbia? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 854 people with the last name Columbia.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Columbia? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Columbia as their last name since less than 1 person in 345k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
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