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Meaning and origin
Colin is a Scottish boy name. The meaning of the name is `virile`.


Where is it used?
The name Colin is mainly used in Scottish and in English.

It is an abbreviated form of
Nicolette, used in French.
Nicholas, used in English and in French.


How do they say it elsewhere?
Cailean (In Scottish)
Columba (In Late Roman)
Collin (In English)


See also
In Swedish: Nils
In Spanish: Nicolao
In Spanish: Nicolás
In Slovak and in Czech: Mikolás
In Serbian, Croatian and in Hungarian: Nikola
In Scottish: Neacel
In Scottish: Nicol
In Russian: Nikolai
In Romanian: Nicolae
In Romanian: Nicoleta
In Portuguese: Nicolau
In Polish: Mikolaj
In Italian: Nicolò
In Italian: Nico
In Italian: Nicoletta
In Italian: Nicola
In Italian: Niccolò
In Hungarian: Miklós
In Greek: Nikoleta
In German and in Dutch: Klaas
In German: Klaus
In German: Niklaus
In German: Claus
In German: Nickolaus
In German: Nikolaus
In Frisian: Klaes
In French and in English: Nicole
In French: Nicolas
In Finnish: Niilo
In Finnish: Niko
In Finnish: Launo
In Esperanto: Nikolao
In Esperanto: Nichjo
In English and in Greek: Nikolas
In English: Nick
In English: Nicky
In English: Nicola
In English: Nic
In English: Nickolas
In Dutch: Nikolaas
In Danish and in Dutch: Niels
In Czech: Mikulás
In Ancient Greek and in Greek: Nikolaos


More `Colin` links
Colin as abbreviation
Actors named Colin
Colin in the encyclopedia