Colter: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “colt herder”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- KOHL-ter · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys
From an English occupational surname related to colt, referring to someone who tended young horses. Also associated with the surname of frontiersman John Colter.
How popular is Colter?
Babies named Colter in 20241,643
2024 rank#218 boys
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 18808,343
Colter is rising: use over the last five years is 6.1× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Colter
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Colter questions
What does the name Colter mean?
Colter means "colt herder". It comes from English. From an English occupational surname related to colt, referring to someone who tended young horses. Also associated with the surname of frontiersman John Colter.
Is Colter a boy or girl name?
Colter is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Colter?
1,643 US babies were named Colter in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Colter?
Colter is usually pronounced KOHL-ter.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.