Across the world, Columba (Columba 
, Colum 
, Colimbo 
) is a common predominantly girly, but scarcely boy's given name. The first name Columba is habitual in Mexico, where it is quite a common girly name, Ireland, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Philippines, where it is quite a rare feminine name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Mexico, Philippines, and Nigeria. Likewise, Columba is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Columba | Philippines, Mexico, Nigeria, Ireland, Venezuela |
| Colum | Philippines, Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom, Ireland |
| Colimbo | Spain, United States, Philippines |
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columba de sens saintly virgin associated with Sens in France and a fountain named d'Azon, ES (b. 257) |
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columba of cornwall Breton-Cornish saint, GB (b. 401) |
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columba Gaelic Irish missionary monk, IE (b. 521) |
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| columba of terryglass one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland, IE (b. 550) |
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columba de dunbar Scottish bishop, GB (b. 1386) |
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| columba da tofaninis (b. 1586) |
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| columba kang wan-suk Korean martyr, Roman catholic blessed, KR (b. 1761) |
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columba edmonds British clergyman (1861-1923), GB (b. 1861) |
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| columba murphy 19th-century French Roman-Catholic missionary (b. 1835) |
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| columba boylan (1847 - 1910), Prioress (b. 1847) |
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| columba marmion Irish monk (1858-1923), BE (b. 1858) |
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columba domínguez Mexican actress and singer (1929–2014), MX (b. 1929) |
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| columba freiin von pastor (b. 1883) |
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| columba krebs painter, US (b. 1902) |
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columba bush American philanthropist, MX (b. 1953) |
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