Colbeck Family History
Colbeck Name Meaning
English (northern): from Middle English cold cald ‘cold’ (Old English cald Old Norse kaldr) + be(c)k ‘stream’ (Old Norse bekkr). The name may be topographic denoting someone who lived ‘(by the) cold stream’ or more probably a habitational name from a place so named such as Caldbeck (Cumbria) or Coldbeck (Westmorland). Americanized form of German Kolbeck .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022