Collin

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Colin in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 16 more and קולין in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Collin is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name98K records spelled Collin2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, South Africa

• Spanish given name21K records spelled Collin4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Brazil, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Çollin, Çõllîñ

• a separate given name6.3K records spelled Collin2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Cöllin

• Polish given name1.0K records spelled Collin2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom

  Also written Çòllin

69 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Collin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, diminutive of Col, a pet form of Nicholas; first attested Colinus de Andresia 1191 P (Berks).

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In German, Toponymic surname from a settlement name; French origin is also possible.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

• In English, A male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Colin.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, redução dialetal set. de Collino.

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In German, toponymischer Familienname zum SiedlungsN Collin bei Templin bzw. bei Pyritz in Pommern, kaum Kolline bei Lissa in Schlesien oder Kolin in Böhmen; 490 Träger

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 118 years between 1895–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Collin Wilcoxb. 1935USAmerican actress (1935-2009)
• Collin Petersonb. 1944USAmerican politician
• Collin Choub. 1967TWTaiwanese actor
• Collin Mitchellb. 1969CAcurler
• Collin Benjaminb. 1978NANamibian footballer and manager
• Lance Allredb. 1981USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player
• Collin McHughb. 1987USAmerican professional baseball pitcher
• Collin Morikawab. 1997USAmerican professional golfer
• Collin Sextonb. 1999USAmerican basketball player (born 1999)
• Collin Gillespieb. 1999USAmerican basketball player (born 1999)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 471 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Collin?

We estimate roughly 173 thousand people bear Collin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Collin have the most bearers?

Collin is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled colin.

Where is Collin most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Collin is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 579 people — even though United Kingdom holds more of our records for it.

How common is Collin compared with other names?

In the United Kingdom, Collin is the 100th most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.

Is Collin a male or female name?

Collin is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Collin mean?

Recorded meaning: Toponymic surname from a place name; Slavic origin.