Given name & surname
Collie
“a dark-haired man”·“a young peasant girl”
Collie is a variant of Colley. One English interpretation is “a dark-haired man.” Collie is a variant of Colleen. One interpretation is “a young peasant girl.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Collie is a variant of Colley. One English interpretation is “a dark-haired man.” Collie is a variant of Colleen. One interpretation is “a young peasant girl.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Collie is a variant of Colley. An origin associated with Colley is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Collie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,531
- 1,172 boys · 359 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,430 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,430 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 542 as a first name in 2020; 2,808 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.
Collie’s family of names
Collie has a related form in Colleen. Collie has a related form in Colley.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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