Colin

Colin (sometimes spelled Collin) is a male given name. Colin is usually pronounced KO-lin, although some (primarily in the US) use KOH-lin.
Like many given names, it has multiple origins, including:
an Anglicized form of the Gaelic name "Cailean" or "Coileáin", meaning "whelp", "cub", or "young pup";
a diminutive form of Nicolas (before the 17th century in England, most nicknames had the diminutive ending "in" or "Kin", where the ending is attached to the first syllable, a few remain such as Robin (Rob-in, from Robert), Hank (Hen-Kin from Henry), Jack (Jan-kin from John), and Colin (Col-in from Nicolas);
a diminutive form of "Colle", a short French form of Nicholas (Greek), meaning "victorious people";
a development of the Norse name "Koli", meaning "dark", a Middle English surname given to those living on property whose ownership was disputed;
In the UK and Ireland, the name is spelt with one "L", Colin; in the US, it is sometimes spelt with two, Collin. It ranked 319th most popular name England and Wales in 1996 and 684th most popular in 2014. It has been moderately popular in the United States and was listed in the top 100 boys names in the U.S. in 2005. In Scotland it ranked 302 in 2014, but in Ireland it is more popular, ranking 88th in 2006. Collin is slowly becoming more popular in the US, making the top 100 boys' names in each of the three years to 2005, with Colin being slightly less popular. In total, the two spellings accounted for around 1 in 300 boys named in the US in 2005.

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Masc. proper name, from French Colin, a diminutive of Col, itself a diminutive of Nicolas. A common shepherd's name in pastoral verse.

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English diminutive form of the medieval name Col, Colle, a short form of Nicholas: victory of the people.

Cailean

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Colin Kaepernick	1987	American football quarterback
2	Colin Farrell	1976	Irish actor
3	Colin Firth	1960	English actor
4	Colin Hanks	1977	American actor
5	Colin Powell	1937	Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired four-star general
6	Colin Morgan	1986	Northern Irish actor
7	Colin Trevorrow	1976	American film director
8	Colin O'Donoghue	1981	Irish actor
9	Colin Jost	1982	American screenwriter
10	Colin Donnell	1982	Actor
11	Colin Cowherd	1964	Sports radio host
12	Colin Quinn	1959	American comedian
13	Colin Mochrie	1957	Canadian actor
14	Colin Egglesfield	1973	American actor
15	Colin Salmon	1962	British actor
16	Margaret Colin	1958	American actress
17	Colin McRae	1968	British racecar driver
18	Colin Hay	1953	Australian musician and actor
19	Colin Ferguson	1972	Actor, director and producer
20	Colin Baker	1943	English actor
21	Colin Jackson	1967	Welsh hurdler
22	Colin Ford	1996	American actor and voice actor
23	Colin Kazim-Richards	1986	Turkish footballer
24	Colin Howell	1959	British murderer
25	Colin Fry	1962	British psychic and television personality
26	Colin Dexter	1930	British writer
27	Letícia Colin	1989	Brazilian actress
28	Colin Greenwood	1969	Bass player for rock band Radiohead
29	Colin Montgomerie	1963	Professional golfer
30	Colin Pitchfork	1960	British murderer
31	Colin Blunstone	1945	British singer-songwriter
32	Colin Furze	1979	Colin Furze is a YouTube personality from his hometown: Stamford, Lincolnshire. He holds many Guinness World Records for his creations.
33	Colin Murray	1977	British broadcaster
34	Colin Chapman	1928	English design engineer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, and founder of Lotus Cars
35	Colin Friels	1952	Australian actor
36	Colin Welland	1934	British actor
37	Colin Alexander Cunningham	1966	American actor
38	Colin Clive	1900	Actor
39	Colin Meloy	1974	American musician
40	Colin Ireland	1954	British serial killer
41	Colin McFarlane	1961	British actor
42	Colin Tilley	1988	American music video director
43	Colin James	1964	Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
44	Colin Stetson	1977	American saxophone player
45	Colin Cowdrey	1932	Cricket player of England.
46	Colin Barnett	1950	Australian politician
47	Colin Bean	1926	Actor
48	Colin Buchanan	1966	British actor
49	Colin Edwards	1974	American motorcycle racer
50	Colin Hendry	1965	Scottish footballer
51	Colin Delaney	1986	American professional wrestler
52	Colin Blakely	1930	Northern Irish actor
53	Colin Petersen	1946	Australian actor and musician
54	Colin de Grandhomme	1986	New Zealand cricketer
55	Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner	1926	Scottish aristocrat
56	Colin Munro	1987	New Zealand cricketer
57	Colin Meads	1936	Former New Zealand rugby player
58	Colin Todd	1948	Footballer; football manager
59	Colin McCredie	1972	British actor
60	Colin Russell
61	Colin Maclaurin	1698	Scottish mathematician
62	Colin Doyle	1985	Irish footballer
63	Érik Colin	1947	French actor
64	Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde	1792	British Army officer
65	Colin Slade	1987	New Zealand rugby union player
66	Colin Lloyd	1973	Darts player
67	Colin Moulding	1955	English bassist, songwriter and vocalist
68	Colin Calderwood	1965	Scottish footballer
69	Colin McGinn	1950	British philosopher
70	Colin Jeavons	1929	Actor
71	Colin Davis	1927	British conductor
72	Colin Burgess	1946	Australian musician
73	Colin White (ice hockey, born 1997)	1997	American ice hockey player
74	Colin Higgins	1941	Director, producer, actor, screenwriter
75	Colin Jordan	1923	British holocaust denier
76	Colin Kane	1979	American actor and comedian
77	Colin Newman	1954	English musician and record producer
78	Colin Cloud	1987
79	Colin Thatcher	1938	Canadian politician
80	Colin Van Ostern	1979	American politician
81	Colin Croft	1953	West Indian cricketer
82	Colin Norris	1976	British serial killer
83	Colin Gäbel	1976	German television presenter
84	Colin Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan	1955	Politician and rower
85	Colin Cooper	1967	Association football player from England
86	Colin Edwin	1970	Australian musician
87	Colin Roberts	1959	British diplomat and Governor of the Falkland Islands
88	Colin Moran	1992	Baseball player
89	Colin Lane	1965	Australian comedian
90	Colin McCahon	1919	New Zealand artist
91	Colin Gordon	1911	British actor
92	Colin Cotterill	1952	Writer
93	Colin Greening	1986	Canadian ice hockey player
94	Colin Kelly	1915	United States Army officer
95	Colin Fleming	1984	British tennis player
96	Colin Ward	1924	British anarchist writer
97	Colin Fox	1938	Canadian actor
98	Colin Crompton	1931	British comedian
99	Colin Milburn	1941	English Test and County cricketer
100	Colin Stinton	1947	Canadian actor
101	Colin Thubron	1939	President of the Royal Society of Literature
102	Colin Hodgkinson	1945	British musician
103	Colin Charvis	1972	English rugby union player
104	Colin Pillinger	1943	Professor of Planetary science
105	Colin Blakemore	1944	British neuroscientist
106	Colin Bryce	1974	British bobsledder
107	Colin Campbell Ross	1892	Australian murderer
108	Colin Richardson	2000	British record producer
109	Colin Rowe	1920	British-born, American-naturalised architectural historian, critic, theoretician, and teacher
110	Colin Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor	1962	British architect
111	Colin Bateman	1962	British writer
112	Colin Rea	1990	American baseball player
113	Colin Hanton	1938	A member of The Quarrymen
114	Colin Craig	1968	Politician
115	Colin Gubbins	1896	British Army general
116	Colin David Jones	1987	American football defensive back
117	Colin Dunne	1968	Traditional Irish and contemporary dancer
118	Maxime Colin	1991	Footballer
119	Colin Pascoe	1965	Welsh footballer
120	Colin Harvey	1944	English footballer and manager
121	Colin McLaren		Australian writer
122	Colin Marston	1982	American musician and record producer
123	Colin Duffy	1968	Irish Republican
124	Colin Goldner	1953	German journalist
125	Colin McKay	1975	Canadian skateboarder
126	Colin Woodard	2000	American journalist
127	Colin Cripps	1961	Canadian musician
128	Colin Turkington	1982	British racecar driver
129	Colin Turnbull	1924	British anthropologist
130	Colin Healy	1980	Footballer
131	Colin Goddard		American shooting survivor
132	Colin Towns	1948	Composer
133	Colin Fickes		American actor
134	Colin Linden	1960	Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer
135	Colin Clark	1905	British economist
136	Colin Cameron	1972	Scottish footballer
137	Colin Stein	1947	Scottish footballer
138	Adriana Colin	1966	Brazilian model
139	Colin Mackenzie	1754	Surveyor General of India
140	Colin Cowie	1962	American lifestyle guru, party planner, television personality. writer
141	Colin Kolles	1967	Managing director
142	Colin Gibson	1948
143	Colin Brazier	1968	UK news presenter
144	Colin Groves	1942	Australian anthropologist
145	Colin Wallace	1943	British whistleblower
146	Colin McDonald	1984	American ice hockey player
147	Colin Fletcher
148	Colin Tarrant	1952	Actor
149	Colin Bucksey	1946	American director
150	Colin Bass	1951	British musician
151	Colin Fraser	1985	Canadian ice hockey player
152	Colin Miller	1964	Canadian soccer player
153	Colin Greenland	1954	British writer
154	Colin McCormack	1941	British actor
155	Colin Lee	1956	English footballer and manager
156	Colin Thiele	1920	Australian author
157	Colin Douglas	1912	British actor
158	Colin Camerer	1959	American economist
159	Colin Maud	1903	Royal Navy Officer and beachmaster at Juno beach
160	Colin Addison	1940	Footballer
161	Colin MacInnes	1914	British writer
162	Colin Archer	1832	Norwegian naval architect/shipbuilder from Larvik/Norway
163	Colin Hoult	1979	British actor
164	Colin Murphy	1951	Irish comedian
165	Colin Renfrew	1937	British archaeologist
166	Colin Munroe	1980	Canadian musician
167	Colin Sell	1948	British musician
168	Colin Ingram	1985	Cricket player of South Africa.
169	Colin Crouch	1944	English sociologist and political scientist
170	Colin Maitland	1942	British actor
171	Colin Nish	1981	Scottish professional footballer
172	Colin Harrison	1960	American writer
173	Colin Ryan	1986	British actor
174	Colin Beavan	2000	Environmentalist blogger
175	Colin Thurston	1947	English record producer
176	Colin Falvey	1985	Irish footballer
177	Colin McEnroe	1954	American journalist
178	Colin Evans		British medium
179	Colin McPhee	1900	Canadian composer and musicologist
180	Colin Lawrence	1970	Actor
181	Colin White	1977	Canadian ice hockey player
182	Colin Braun	1988	Racecar driver
183	Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll	1433	Scottish noble
184	Colin Cole	1980	American football defensive tackle
185	Colin A. Ross	1950	Psychiatrist
186	Colin Bond	1942	Australian racing driver
187	Colin Larkin	1949	British writer
188	Colin Smith	1993	Canadian ice hockey player
189	Colin Myler	1952	U.S.-based British journalist
190	Colin Munro MacLeod	1909	Czech biologist
191	Colin Campbell Cooper	1856	American artist
192	Colin George	1929	British actor
193	Colin S. Gray	1943	British political scientist
194	Colin Mathura-Jeffree	1972	New Zealand actor and model
195	Colin Osborne	1975	British darts player
196	Colin Winchester	1933	Assistant Commissioner in the Australian Federal Police (AFP)
197	Colin Humphreys	1941	British physicist
198	Colin Scotts	1963	American football player
199	Colin Daniel	1988	English footballer
200	Colin Bouwer	1950	South African murderer