Colie
Masculine · “a pet form of Colin”
Colie is given to both — 567 boys and 101 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Colie is a pet name that reaches boys and girls by different roads: for boys from Colin, for girls from Nicole and Colleen. It is soft and friendly, with the stress on its first syllable.
How old is the name Colie?
Colie first appears in US birth records in 1911 — 114 years ago. The typical Colie alive today was born around 1933, making them about 92 years old. About 200 people named Colie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Colie most popular?
Colie peaked in 1911, reaching #824 nationally. See the whole 1911 chart.
Where it comes from
From Nicholas to Colie
The story of Colie
Colin was a medieval pet form of Nicholas, and it became a name of its own; the poet Edmund Spenser even wrote himself into his pastoral poems as the shepherd Colin Clout, piping his love songs on the hills. Americans made Colin smaller still as Colie, and girls reached the same form from Nicole and Colleen. Most children given it have been boys, with a real minority of girls.
Meaningscholars disagree
a pet form of Colin, or of Nicole
For boys, Colie most likely shortens Colin, a medieval pet form of Nicholas. For girls it may shorten Nicole or Colleen. The record does not say which families meant which.
How the name formed
- Nicholas
- Colin
- Colie
Related forms: Colin · Colin
Pronouncing Colie
KOH-lee
Two syllables, stressed on the first. Some say KAH-lee, closer to Colin.
Nicknames for Colie
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1911
- Most boys named
- 191223 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #824reached in 1911
- Change vs 1997
- −28.6%5 in 2020, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Colie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Colin in English — related form
- Colin in French — related form
Colies among us
people named Colie are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Colie sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It works for a boy or a girl, each by its own road.
- It is warm and easy to say.
- It sounds like collie, the dog, and the joke is easy.
- It leans to boys in the record; a girl named Colie may be taken for a boy on paper, and a boy may be assumed to be short for something.
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Frequently asked
- How many Colies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Colie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Colie in 2025?
- Colie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Colie with classmates?
- Colie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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