Western numerology
Number 8 insight
Western numerology adds the letter values in the name and reduces them to a single guiding number.
Baby names
Boy name
Colin
"A variant of Nicholas, which means 'people's victory', from a French diminutive; Child or virile; Dove; Of a triumphant people; Variant of Nicholas: People's victory; young boy; Young dog A translation of the Gaelic 'Cailean' Also, 'victory of the people'; youth, child, victor"
Name profile
Colin at a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Western numerology
- 8
- Indian numerology
- 9
- Characters
- 5
- Popular
- 1 parents liked this name
Number meaning for Colin
Indian numerology
Number 9 insight
Indian numerology uses a traditional letter map that many families prefer for cultural name matching.
Meaning and story
What does Colin mean?
Colin is listed in the BabyAZ name catalog with Indian, English, French context. Its meaning is recorded as: A variant of Nicholas, which means 'people's victory', from a French diminutive; Child or virile; Dove; Of a triumphant people; Variant of Nicholas: People's victory; young boy; Young dog A translation of the Gaelic 'Cailean' Also, 'victory of the people'; youth, child, victor
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Similar names
Names like Colin
Alin
Unisex
Indian
Bearer of the Light; handsome Also both a diminutive of Albert (noble, bright) and an abbreviation of names beginning with Al-; Scorpion; The Zodiac Sign Scorpio; To Soothe; Variant of Alan: Fair
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Alin
Unisex
Indian
Bearer of the Light; handsome Also both a diminutive of Albert (noble, bright) and an abbreviation of names beginning with Al-; Scorpion; The Zodiac Sign Scorpio; To Soothe; Variant of Alan: Fair
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Caitlin
Girl
Indian
Form of the Greek Catherine meaning 'pure'; Pure; Pure An Irish Gaelic variant of Catherine from the Old French form of the name; The Celtic Form of Catherine; Variant of Catherine: Pure, clear Form of the Latin Katharina, from the Greek Aikaterina Famous bearers: a number of saints, including St Catherine of Alexandria, a 4th century martyr who suffered torture on a spiked wheel; Variant of Catherine: Pure, clear Form of the Latin Katharina, from the Greek Aikaterina It was borne by a number of saints, including St Catherine of Alexandria, a 4th century martyr who suffered torture on a spiked wheel
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Cole
Boy
Indian
coal, victory of the people; Diminutive of Colin: Of a triumphant people; People's victory; Prince of Red Roses; young boy
140 family views
Coleman
Boy
Indian
charcoal burner, dove, peace; Dark skinned or coal miner; Dove; Peace
133 family views
Brother names
Brothers for Colin
Alin
Unisex
Indian
Bearer of the Light; handsome Also both a diminutive of Albert (noble, bright) and an abbreviation of names beginning with Al-; Scorpion; The Zodiac Sign Scorpio; To Soothe; Variant of Alan: Fair
164 family views
Cole
Boy
Indian
coal, victory of the people; Diminutive of Colin: Of a triumphant people; People's victory; Prince of Red Roses; young boy
140 family views
Coleman
Boy
Indian
charcoal burner, dove, peace; Dark skinned or coal miner; Dove; Peace
133 family views
Sister names
Sisters for Colin
Alin
Unisex
Indian
Bearer of the Light; handsome Also both a diminutive of Albert (noble, bright) and an abbreviation of names beginning with Al-; Scorpion; The Zodiac Sign Scorpio; To Soothe; Variant of Alan: Fair
164 family views
Caitlin
Girl
Indian
Form of the Greek Catherine meaning 'pure'; Pure; Pure An Irish Gaelic variant of Catherine from the Old French form of the name; The Celtic Form of Catherine; Variant of Catherine: Pure, clear Form of the Latin Katharina, from the Greek Aikaterina Famous bearers: a number of saints, including St Catherine of Alexandria, a 4th century martyr who suffered torture on a spiked wheel; Variant of Catherine: Pure, clear Form of the Latin Katharina, from the Greek Aikaterina It was borne by a number of saints, including St Catherine of Alexandria, a 4th century martyr who suffered torture on a spiked wheel
176 family views
More origins
Same feeling, different origins
Franklin
Boy
Filipino
, the name means; A Man from France; Derived from 'francoleyn' meaning a free born landowner Famous bearer: American President Franklin D Roosevelt; Franch Man; Fraunclein and Free; Free Landowner; free man; Land Holder; Obtained from Anglo-Franco word and
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