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Colin

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈkɒlɪn//
  • United Kingdom//ˈkəʊlɪn//
  • United States//ˈkɑlɪn//
  • United States//ˈkoʊlɪn//

A male given name from Ancient Greek.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A male given name from Ancient Greek.

    That iolly shepheard, which there piped, was / Poore Colin Clout (who knowes not Colin Clout?)

    “After reaching 40, many people experience noticeable changes in their hair due to a combination of aging, hormonal shifts and lifestyle factors,” says Colin Ford, professional hairstylist and director of education at Sachajuan.

  2. 2

    A rather rare surname originating as a patronymic, variant of Collin.

Etymology

Diminutive of Coll, a medieval short form of Nicholas. It has also been used to anglicize Irish Coileán and Scottish Gaelic Cailean.

Forms

plural
Colins
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).