Given name & surname

Colas

Colas is a surname. It is used in French, Norman, and Walloon.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Colas comes from Occitan.

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How it developed

From Occitan Colàs.

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Colas’s family of names

In French usage, Colas is a diminutive of Nicolas. In French usage, Colas has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Nicola. In French usage, Colas has a conventional equivalent in the English form Nick.

Walk Colas’s family in the name graph

ColasNicolasNickNicolaКоляKolaz

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Colas has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Occitan roots to each of them.

EnglishOccitan

5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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