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Coll

Boy · English

Coll is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).

What does Coll mean?

English

A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas, of rare usage. A medieval English short form of the male given name Nicholas; very rare today.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Coll a girl's or a boy's name?

Coll is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Coll in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,021among boys
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 43,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Coll, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 12 boys.

2025 had more boys named Coll than any year since 2007.

Half of all the boys named Coll in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 441st in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 12 in 20072025
Coll in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20257#3,021
20240–
20232#6,493
20223#5,017
20214#4,188
20203#4,803
20194#4,126
20183#4,959
20173#4,995
20160–
20150–
20140–
20133#4,884
20124#4,147
20111#6,218
20102#6,093
20094#3,909
20085#3,305
200712#1,760
20061#5,377
20053#3,992
20046#2,399
20036#2,283
20023#3,325
20016#2,049
20003#3,146
19993#3,043
19983#3,021
19972#3,812
19965#2,094

Names like Coll

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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