Kolbe

KOL-beh

Medieval German

"club"

Kolbe Origin and Meaning

The name Kolbe is a boy's name meaning "club".

A saintly surname that is used steadily for boys and occasionally for girls, mainly by Catholic parents. The Polish Franciscan priest St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe offered himself in place of another who was sentenced to death in Auschwitz, and was canonized for his martyrdom.