Colette is a girl's name of French origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 789 girls in the United States.
Colette belongs to the French tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Colette first appears in Social Security records in 1892. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #372 in 1966, and in 2024 789 babies received the name — 27,021 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Colette is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its French origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Colette is a girl name. In 2024, 789 babies received the name in the US.
Colette comes from the French tradition.
Colette first appears in US records in 1892. Its best-ever ranking was #372 in 1966, and 789 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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