Given name & surname

Koll

“having dark features”

Koll is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “having dark features.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One interpretation is “having dark features.”

Where it comes from

Koll comes from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Koll is a diminutive of NIKOLLA. Koll developed from Νικόλαος.

Koll’s family of names

Koll is a diminutive of NIKOLLA. Koll developed from the Ancient Greek form Νικόλαος. Koll has a conventional naming counterpart in the English form Nick.

Walk Koll’s family in the name graph

KollKollyKollieNikollaKolliKolleeKolleyKolëKölleKolleighNickΝικόλαος

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.

Around the world

Koll has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.

AlbanianOld Norse

5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 9

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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

Norse · Mythological

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No U.S. birth series

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“one who has been summoned by Thor”

No U.S. birth series

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Kell

“from the spring”

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Jord

No U.S. birth series

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Norse

Gjord

“God is peace”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse · Norse

Frode

“a wise man”

No U.S. birth series

99% boys · 1% girls

Norse

Kleng

“having claws”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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

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