Names

Medieval diminutive of Col, a short form of Nicholas. It is now regarded as an independent name.

Anglicized form of Cailean or Coilean.

Short form of Nicolette. Saint Colette was a 15th-century French nun who gave her money to the poor. This was also the pen name of the French author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954).

Variant of Colleen.

Variant of Colmán.

Variant of Colleen.

From a surname that was originally derived from the Old English byname Cola.

From a surname, originally from various English place names, derived from the Old Norse nickname Koli (meaning “coal, dark”) and býr “town”.

From an English surname that was derived from a Norman form of the Germanic name Colobert.

Old English byname meaning “charcoal”, originally given to a person with dark features.