First name origins & meanings:
- Greek: Famous one
- Irish: Youth
- Greek: Victor; Short form of Nicholas
- Greek: Victorious people
First name variations: Clem, Collin, Cullen, Cleon, Collins, Colan, Colyn, Coilin, Nicolas, Nikolas, Nikolie, Niko, Nikolaus, Nicklaus, Nicola, Nick, Nicky, Nikki, Nikita, Nickita, Nikos, Nikolai, Nikola, Nicholai, Nicanor, Nikos, Nicos, Nichol, Nichols, Nicolson, Nicol, Nicolo, Nikolos, Nicko, Nicodemus, Nils, Niles, Nixon, Cole, Colet, Claus, Klaus, Klas, Klaas, Miklós, Nicholas
Last name origins & meanings:
- French: from a reduced pet form of the personal name
Nicolas (see Nicholas).
- English: variant spelling of
Collin.
- A Colin from Brittany, France, is documented in St. Ours, Quebec,
in 1669, with the secondary surname LaLiberté, which is
often translated Liberty; Colin is often Americanized as
<xref>Collins</xref>.
Famous people with this first name:
Colin Farrell,
Colin Friels,
Colin Powell
Famous people who gave their babies this name:
Paul Stanley
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