Coleen

Where Coleen comes from

The dictionaries list Coleen as a given name — a female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Coline, from Nicoline — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Ancient Greek
Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,634 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1922
    Coleen Gray born
    American actress
  3. 1950
    Peak, #434
    349 babies named Coleen — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #778.
  5. 1986
    Coleen Rooney born
    English writer and television personality
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Coline, from Nicoline.
Namesakes
  • Coleen Gray · American actress, 1922–2015
  • Coleen Rooney · English writer and television personality, born 1986
  • Coleen Rowley · American FBI agent, whistleblower, political candidate for Congress, born 1954
  • Coleen Garcia · Filipino actress, born 1992
  • Coleen Nolan · English singer, author, beauty queen and television presenter, born 1965

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.