Colin
KOH-lin
A classic name long associated in English with Nicholas and, in Scottish tradition, with a Gaelic form of the same.
Meaning
The excerpts give two traditional strands for Colin. In one, it is treated as a familiar short form of Col or Nicolin, ultimately from Nicholas, with the Greek sense "victory of the people." In another older name-book tradition, Colin is linked with the Latin word for "dove," though that appears as a separate etymological line in the source material.
Origin
ScotsGaelicEnglishGreekLatinmasculine
Fun fact
One excerpt notes the Gaelic form Cailean as the Scottish equivalent of Colin.