as a First Name
Diminutive form of the medieval name Col(le), a short form of Nicholas. The medieval name died out after the 14th century. In the 19th century Colin was reintroduced to England from Scotland, where it is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Cailean, particularly favoured among the Campbells and the MacKenzies, which relates to St Columba (see Callum) as Crìsdean does to Christ and Moirean to Mary.
| 758th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 45,396
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 102,400
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Colin per capita
- 2004
- marked the height of its popularity
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