Colby

There's nothing cheesy about this gender-neutral name. Colby has Norse origins and means "swarthy person's settlement." This name comes from Koli, a personal name derived from kol, a word for charcoal. Colby can also be spelled as Kolby, which means "dark" or "dark-haired." This name jumped in popularity in the early noughties but has slowly slipped down the rankings, meaning baby probably won't encounter too many other Colbys in their life.