Given name & surname
Koleta
“of the victorious people”
Koleta is a variant of Kolette. In English use, Kolette carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Koleta is a variant of Kolette. In English use, Kolette carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Koleta connects to the Colette name family through Kolette. An origin associated with Colette is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1933. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Koleta connects to the Colette name family through Kolette. 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
Koleta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19
- 0 boys · 19 girls
- Most popular year
- 1934
- 10 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 girls is 10 in 1934. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Koleta’s family of names
In Polish usage, Koleta has a conventional equivalent in the French form Colette. Koleta has a related form in Kolette. In Greek usage, Koleta as a surname is a transliteration of Κολέτα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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