Colin



Gender:
Origin: English, Greek
1668 famous people named Colin found on Wikipedia.
125655 male, 435 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 249-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 85-th in year 2004
Used in: English, Irish, Scottish

Meanings

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.


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


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

Famous People: 1668 found on Wikipedia.
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