Coleen

Coleen: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “girl”
Origin: Irish
Say it: koh-LEEN · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Variant of Colleen, from Irish cailín meaning 'girl'. The form Coleen is an anglicized spelling variant.

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How popular is Coleen?

20240 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Coleen in 20240

Peak year1963

Total US babies since 188011,998

Coleen was not given to enough US babies in 2024 to appear in the records.

Names like Coleen

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Reaganlittle king · Irish
Alannachild; or dear one · Irish
Teaganlittle poet · Irish
Mckennason of Cionaodh · Irish

Coleen questions

What does the name Coleen mean?

Coleen means "girl". It comes from Irish. Variant of Colleen, from Irish cailín meaning 'girl'. The form Coleen is an anglicized spelling variant.

Is Coleen a boy or girl name?

Coleen is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Coleen?

Coleen was given to fewer than 5 babies of either sex in 2024; its peak year was 1963.

How do you pronounce Coleen?

Coleen is usually pronounced koh-LEEN.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.