Colette

Where Colette comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Colette.

  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Colette through the years
  1. 1892
    First appearance
    #1,450 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1937
    Colette Flesch born
    Luxembourgish politician
  3. 1946
    Colette Besson born
    French sprinter
  4. 2025
    Peak, #316
    962 babies named Colette, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Colette Besson · French sprinter, 1946–2005
  • Colette Flesch · Luxembourgish politician, 1937–2026
  • Colette Marchand · French dancer and actress, 1925–2015
  • Colette Avital · Israeli diplomat and politician, born 1939
  • Colette Brosset · French actress, 1922–2007

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.