Colton (first name)
Colton is a male given name that is mainly given in the English-speaking world . It is derived from the old English nickname Cola , which in turn comes from the English word "charcoal" for coal and originally referred to a person with dark characteristics. Colton, in turn, stands for a person from a town related to coal.
Well-known namesake
- Colton Ford (born 1962), American porn actor, actor and singer
- Colton Fretter (* 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
- Colton Gillies (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
- Colton Harris-Moore (* 1991), American criminal
- Colton Haynes (* 1988), American actor
- Colton James (* 1988), American actor
- Colton Jobke (* 1992), German-Canadian ice hockey player
- Colton Orr (* 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
- Colton Parayko (born 1993), Canadian ice hockey player
- Colton Sceviour (* 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
- John Colton Greene (1917–2008), American historian of science
Individual evidence
- ↑ Colton at behindthename.com (accessed November 3, 2015)