Given name & surname

Colletta

“of the victorious people”

Colletta is a variant of Colette. One French interpretation is “of the victorious people.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Colletta is a variant of Colette. One French interpretation is “of the victorious people.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Colletta is a variant of Colette. An origin associated with Colette is French.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

From Italian Colletta.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1903. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Colletta 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.

Combines direct and name-family evidence

Colletta through the years

Babies since 1880
489
0 boys · 489 girls
Most popular year
1932
16 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Colletta in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1903–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1978. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1932. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 284 as a first name in 2020; 630 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.

Colletta’s family of names

Colletta has a related form in Colette.

Walk Colletta’s family in the name graph

CollettaColetteColletteColettaNicolletteColeta

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

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

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.

Similar names

If you love Colletta, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old-fashioned

Concetta

“refers to the Immaculate Conception”

20RareRising fast

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Arletta

“an oath; a pledge”

15Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

 

Clarita

Clarita is a variant of Clara. Clara is connected with the Latin idea of being famous, and is also interpreted through brightness.

14Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Spanish · Old-fashioned

Consuelo

“one who offers consolation”

18Very rareEasing

>99% girls

 

Aletta

“small and winged”

23RareRising

>99% girls

Nature

Opaline

Opaline is a variant of Opal. One Sanskrit interpretation is “a treasured jewel; resembling the iridescent gemstone.”

17Very rare

>99% girls

Virtue

Annetta

“grace, gracious”

16Very rareCooling

>99% girls

 

Toula

Toula is a surname. It is used in Czech.

14Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Colletta’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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