Given name & surname
Colet
“of the victorious people”
Colet is a variant of Colette. One French interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Colet is a variant of Colette. One French interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
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Where it comes from
Colet is a variant of Colette. An origin associated with Colette is French.
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The story
Colet is a variant of Colette. The history of Colette gives this family its wider story. The novelist Colette helped give the name wider currency from the 1920s onward. Colette’s formation has more than one route: it can shorten Nicolette or develop from the medieval name Col or Colle.
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Colet’s family of names
Colet has a related form in Colette. In French usage, Colet as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form COLUCCI.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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