Colvert: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Records tie Colvert closely to Colbert. Its meaning, shared with Colbert, is “Bright helmet”.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Colbert surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

How the spelling arose

Spelled with “v” instead of “b”, Colvert shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Colbart.

Colvert ranked 45,189 in the 2010 US Census, with 474 people answering to the name. That puts it inside the top 50,000 US surnames. Colvert sounds close to Calvert, so it can help to search both. Want more than a summary? See the Colvert family name pack.