Coal brook or cold stream
Derived from Old English, this surname-turned-first-name refers to a person living near a dark or cold stream. It combines 'col' (meaning coal or black) or 'ceald' (cold) with 'burna' (stream).
Less common today
Colburn isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #5,862 in 1993.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
American tennis player and coach
A character in the video game series Fire Emblem · Fire Emblem
