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Colleen

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Meaning and origin
Colleen is a Irish girl name. The meaning of the name is `Girl`.


Where is it used?
The name Colleen is mainly used in English.

How do they say it elsewhere?
Collyn (In English)
Coline (In English)
Coleen (In English)
Cailin (In Other languages)


Extra information:
Alternative meanings (Old English) Girl

What Colleen`s say about their name
  1. The best thing about the name Colleen:
    I'm one of the two girls in my school who has the name. To think of it, it is quite uncommon.
    The worst thing about the name:
    People spell it wrong. It's actually spelled: Coleen. Since 5th grade I've been getting countless mistakes. But it's all good.
    If my name wasn`t Colleen....:
    I'd name myself Andrea. Simply for the pronounciation of: On-drey-ah. - or Ahn-drey-ah, you get my drift -. It makes me feel expensive and has a sort of unique touch to it.
    Extra information:
    No, not really. But heck: Ahn-drey-ah. for the sake of it, I will name my child that one day.
  2. The best thing about the name Colleen:
    not that many people have it
    The worst thing about the name:
    when someone else has your name
    If my name wasn`t Colleen....:
    it would be...rebecca
    Extra information:
    no
  3. The best thing about the name Colleen:
    unique name in my country
    The worst thing about the name:
    that it rhymes with cauliflower and sometimes mistaken for Colin.
    If my name wasn`t Colleen....:
    not sure, coming early in the alphabet helps i reckon.
    Extra information:
  4. The best thing about the name Colleen:
    They are few and far between. So we are pretty unique.
    The worst thing about the name:
    Kids can be mean like Cowleen, or in high school they moved on to colon real nice huh. Loved my nickname in track though mean mean colleen.
    If my name wasn`t Colleen....:
    Not quite sure I understand. But one thing is I never ran into another one in all my years of school. Also I wouldn't have been named after my mother.
    Extra information:


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





Statistics for Colleen

Colleen doesn`t appear in 2007`s top-1000 name list.
The last time Colleen appeared in the top-1000 was 2 years ago, in 2006. It ranked #898 in that year. . 1960 was a `top year` for the name Colleen. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #107. The last time Colleen appeared among the most common names was in 1920. Our records go back to 1880

YearRankRank
2007---
2006898
2005774
2004701
2003619
2002547
2001438
2000455
1999403
1998344
1997287
1996272
1995224
1994207
1993184
1992184
1991188
1990160
1980137
1970116
1960107
1950124
1940248
1930201
1920818
1910---
1900---
1890---
1880---


See also the US top 1000 names 2007

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Tracy Colleen
I was told while growing up that Colleen also mean lass.


Only for Colleens!
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If my name wasn't Colleen....

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