Given name & surname
Colie
“a swarthy woman; having coal-black hair”·“having dark features; having coal-black hair”
Colie is a variant of Cole. Interpretations include “a swarthy woman; having coal-black hair” (English) and “having dark features; having coal-black hair” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Colie is a variant of Cole. Interpretations include “a swarthy woman; having coal-black hair” (English) and “having dark features; having coal-black hair” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Colie is a variant of Cole. A possible origin is English, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Colie is a variant of Cole. The history of Cole gives this family its wider story. Cole’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Colie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 668
- 567 boys · 101 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 1912. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 362 as a first name in 2020; 264 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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