Colville
/ˈkɒl.vɪl/noun
A surname and place-name of Anglo-Norman and French origin, also used for several places and institutions.
Did you know?Colville is associated with Norman places named Colleville, whose first element is commonly linked to the Old Scandinavian personal name Koli rather than the English word coal.
Etymological Timeline
Viking Age
Old Norse
Koli
“A Scandinavian personal name, probably the name of the settlement’s original landholder”
11th–12th Century
Old Norman/French
Colleville
“A place-name formed with a personal name and ville, meaning an inhabited estate or settlement”
1066 onward
Anglo-Norman
de Colleville
““Of Colleville,” a locational surname identifying someone by their place of origin”
13th–14th Century
Middle English
Colville
“An established hereditary surname in Britain”
Modern English
English
Colville
“A surname and geographical name preserved in Britain and North America”