Last name: COLIN
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Last name frequency
COLIN : This last name is indexed 1,787,059 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
COLIN : 1: French Walloon and Breton: from a French shortened pet form of the personal name Nicolas (see Nicholas). This surname is also found in the Flemish part of Belgium.2: English: from the personal name Colin a diminutive of Col itself a pet form of Nicholas.3: Irish and Scottish: from the Irish personal name Coileán or Coilín meaning ‘young hound’ or from the Scottish Gaelic equivalent Cailean.
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