Colin Name Meaning
Colin meaning
Name :
Colin
Gender :
Masculine
Meaning of Colin :
Used in country/religion :
African , American , Australian , British , Chinese , Danish , English , French , Gaelic , German , Greek , Irish , Jamaican , Scottish
Variant Names of Colin:
Colwin, Calan, Cailin, Collen, Colwyn
Rhyming Names of Colin:
Names Similar to Colin :
Popularity Rank :
Colin name was top ranked at 997 position in American during year 1932and most recently ranked at 172 position in American during year 2015
Name Colin has been Most Popular throughout the last hundred plus years and ranked at 552 position. 120466 numbers of people were named Colin so far in last 100 years. (SSA)
More about :
Colin is a Medieval diminutive of the name Col, which is short for Nicholas. The name Nicholas was taken from the Greek Nikolaos that means “victory of the people,”. The name became common after Saint Nicholas a bishop from the 4th century, who saved poor women from prostitution; and is known as the patron saint of sailors, merchants and children.
Colin Numerology :
Personality No. 11. People with name Colin tend to be charismatic, cooperative, intuitive, and have a pleasing personality with a gentle manner. Person with Colin having 11 as Personality number work hard to gain confidence and overcome in-born shyness. As a child, and into your early twenties, nervous energy may have caused you to bite your nails or express your nervousness in other ways. You are extremely sensitive and intuitive. More Numerology
More About Name : Colin
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“Cub” or “Pup.” Colin is in popular use in Ireland today. An ancient native name, with Coilin as a variant spelling. Latinised as Caniculus and Catulus. The well-known Irish surname Coileain, anglicised as Collins, is derived from it.
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Name is an associated form of the Gaelic name “Cailean” means ‘Dove’.On the other hand, It is also a short form of Nicholas Nicholas means “Victory of the people”.
Name Analysis of Colin
Character Analysis of Colin : Persons with the name Colin are most often optimistic souls who have a genuine enthusiasm about life and the living of it. They are generally charming, pretty easy-going and are good conversationalists. Their ability to communicate often motivates and inspires others. They do well in areas where they can best utilize their skills.
Love Life of Colin : Persons are very devoted to their partner. They are not only a lover but also a companion, a friend .
Name Letter Analysis of Colin
C : Persons wear their heart on their sleeve. Lucky ones, since they have a strong instinct about matters of the heartO : Persons know where the moral high ground is, and always try to take itL : Persons are very heady, and tend to over think rather than experience lifeI : Persons are a compassionate person who feels things deeplyN : Persons are a "think outside the box" kind of person -- creative and original
Famous Name Colin
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Colin Legum
was, along with his wife, Margaret (1933 - 2007), an anti-apartheid activist and political exile.In 1934 Colin Legum began working at the Sunday Express in Johannesburg. Later he became became the newspaper's political correspondent. He joined the South African Labour Party and, in1942, he was elected to the Johannesburg City Council.In 1951 he joined the UK's Sunday Observer. He served as the newspaper's diplomatic editor and its Commonwealth correspondent. In 1960 he married Margaret Jean Roberts. In 1964 Colin and Margaret Legum published South Africa: Crisis for the West, in which they argued for economic sanctions against the South African government to bring an end to apartheid. In 1968 Colin Legum became editor of the annual Africa Contemporary Record. Legum was the author of over 20 books including Congo Disaster (1960), Pan-Africanism: A Brief History (1962), and Africa: A Handbook of the Continent (1962).
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Philippe Colin
is a French sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 1000 m: 2007, K-4 1000 m: 2010) and a silver (K-4 1000 m: 2009).
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