Boy · Greek, through French
Colin
Say it: KOL-in
Meaning
A medieval pet form of Nicholas.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A pet form of Nicholas used in its own right.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 128,683 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2004, about 1 in 387 boys
- 1,178 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Collin
| French | Colin |
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Where this comes from
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- The Paris tax rolls of the 1290s
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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