Boy name Scottish Gaelic origin

Colin

KOL-in · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Young creature or victorious people
Language
Scottish Gaelic
Culture
Scottish
Style era
modern
Themes
Scottish · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#334
2024 births1,035
Peak year2004
First appeared1880
Total US births132,757
2004 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Cole
Alternate spellings
CollinColyn
In other languages
CoilinColm

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Colin Firth
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