Meaning of name Collin

The name Collin has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Collin is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 143 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Collin rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 8 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 134 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Collin in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Collin is very likely a(n) French variant of the name Nicholas. See other suggested French boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Nicholas.

The following names are baby names related to Collin and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Collin: Boys - Cole, Dard, Jerome, Julian, Narcisse, Nico, Stephen, Girls - Andria, Damalis, Damans, Damia, Damiana, Effa, Eudora, Eugenia, Iphigeneia, Kristine, Marlys, Narcissa, Both genders - Agnes, Beryl

The name Collin is a variant of Nicholas. Other popular variants of the name Nicholas are: Colas (French), Cole, Collin (French), Klaus (German), Kolya (Russian), Lasse (Finnish), Launo (Finnish), Miklos (Hungarian), Mikolaj (Polish), Mikolas (Czech), Milosz (Polish), Neacal (Gaelic), Nic, Niccolas, Nichalas, Nichelas, Nick (English), Nickolas (English), Nicol (Scottish), Nicolae (Hungarian), Nicolai (Russian), Nicolas (French), Nicolau (Portuguese), Nicolaus (German), Niilo (Finnish), Nikita (Russian), Niklas (Scandinavian), Niklaus (German), Niko (Greek), Nikolao (Hawaiian), Nikolaos (Greek), Nikolas (Greek), Nikolos (Greek), Nikos (Greek), Nioclas (Irish), Niocol (Irish)

We think the name Collin should fall under the following style category: Catholic.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Collin to be: Jolly and generous

In one word, you might describe Collin as a(n) "generous" person.

See other "generous" names for boys.