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I like Columbia a lot more than Colomba / Columba. Those names are so heavy and plodding. Columbia is much more musical. :) It reminds me of how during the Revolutionary War, America was referred to as Columbia and Britain as Brittania.

Hail Columbia...

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Which is a rather old-fashioned euphemism for Hell, as in "They'll give you Hail Columbia if they find out you keyed their car."

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Also, there is the Rocky Horror Picture Show's Columbia to consider.

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So no, I don't really think it's very usable. It's over the top.

Usable, but not great. It's so reminiscent of places instead of people that I think it would be better as a middle name.

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For a first name, I prefer Colomba, Colombe, or (if you live some place where it's still usable) Columbine.

It's nice enough. Columba for a girl would not be preferred, I find it to be too masculine (and love it for a boy)!

Columbia for a girl, certainly, if you don't mind the Rocky Horror associations. Just don't name her sister, puppy or teddy bear Magenta.

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Columba was a very tough male saint. The Scottish name Malcolm is a tribute to him.

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Perhaps you might consider Columbine as an option.

Columba would be better as a person's name.
Colombia would make people think of the country and Columbia looks like it should have British in front of it.

My mind read your topic as Columbine.

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Whoops.

I think it's usable. I like it. That said, as far as similar names go, I also like Colombe. Columbine is actually my favorite, but of course that's not usable. I dislike Colomba/Columba; it feels too heavy.

I think it's definitely usable as a middle name (my great-grandmother's middle name was Columbia, though, so this may be influencing my opinion)...a bit more on the iffy side as a first name. I like it. For some reason it makes me think of fireworks.

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For a girl I prefer Columbia to Columba / Colomba.

It makes me think of the state of Missouri.