Collis

Where Collis comes from

Collis hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1821
    Collis Potter Huntington born
    American businessman
  2. 1894
    First appearance
    #1,074 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1900
    Peak, #836
    10 babies named Collis — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1949
    Collis Jones born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Collis Potter Huntington · American businessman, 1821–1900
  • Collis Jones · American basketball player, born 1949
  • Collis Temple · basketball player, born 1952

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.