Colette
Just 49 women in Poland carry it, and not one newborn has been given it since 2000. A Latin name that reached Poland through French, meaning "victory of the people".
Colette Pronunciation
Colette is pronounced tso-LET-te (/t͡sɔˈlɛttɛ/).
What Colette means
Where Colette comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Colette reaches French through the Latin Nicolaus, a form built on the Greek nikē, victory, and laos, the people. It began as a short version of Nicole, the French feminine of Nicholas. The meaning, victory of the people, sits folded inside a word of two syllables.
One bearer gave the name its saint. Colette of Corbie was born in 1381 and reformed the Poor Clares across France and the Low Countries. The Church keeps her feast on 6 March. That date became her name-day.
In a Polish class register, Colette turns up rarely, and a teacher pauses over the spelling. The French ending stays silent. Underneath sits the older sum, nikē and laos, victory of the people.
How many people are named Colette
1 in 460078 women in Poland is named Colette. 49 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5393 among female names.
Colette as a middle name
Colette is a first name for 49 women in Poland and a middle name for another 46, a 52/48 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1013th, between Areta (46) and Elektra (46).
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#1011 Alena46
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#1012 Areta46
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#1013 Colette46
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#1014 Elektra46
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#1015 Hee46