Colleen
Colleen is an English-language name of Irish origin. It derives from the Irish word wikt:cailín "girl/woman", the diminutive of wikt:caile "woman, countrywoman".
Although it derives from the Irish language, Colleen as a given name is rare in Ireland, but far more popular in Irish-descended communities in the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.
It may refer to:
People
- Colleen Opoku Amuaben, Ghanaian preacher
- Colleen Atkinson, Irish camogie player
- Colleen Atwood, American costume designer
- Colleen Ballinger, American comedian, YouTube personality, and actress, known for her comedic character Miranda Sings
- Colleen Barrett, American business executive
- Colleen Barros, American government official
- Colleen Barry, American health policy scholar and professor
- Colleen Beaumier, Canadian politician
- Colleen Bell, American television producer and ambassador
- Colleen Bevis, American children’s advocate
- Colleen Bolton, Australian cross-country skier
- Colleen Brennan, American pornographic actress
- Colleen Broomall, American journalist and former child actor
- Colleen Brown, Canadian singer
- Colleen Browning, American artist
- Colleen Burton, American politician
- Colleen Camp, American actress and film producer
- Colleen V. Chien, American law professor
- Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress
- Colleen Coble, American novelist
- Colleen Coover, American comic book artist
- Colleen Corby, American model
- Colleen D'Agostino, American musician and singer-songwriter
- Colleen Darnell, American Egyptologist
- Colleen Davis, American politician
- Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-born actress
- Colleen Dion-Scotti, American actress
- Colleen Doran, American cartoonist, graphic novelist, writer, and illustrator
- Colleen Egan, Australian journalist
- Colleen Farrington, American model, playmate, and singer
- Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick or Vitamin C (singer), American singer-songwriter
- Colleen Anne Fitzpatrick, Australian model, actress, and filmmaker
- Colleen M. Fitzpatrick, American forensic genealogist
- Colleen Fletcher, British politician
- Colleen Garry, American politician
- Colleen Gleason, American science fiction and fantasy novelist
- Colleen Graffy, American diplomat and professor
- Colleen Green, American singer
- Colleen Grondein, South African international lawn bowler
- Colleen Hanabusa, American politician
- Colleen Haskell, American reality show contestant and actress
- Colleen Hewett, Australian singer and actress
- Colleen Higgins, plant pathologist in New Zealand
- Colleen A. Hoey, American diplomat
- Colleen Hoover, American author
- Colleen Houck, American writer
- Colleen Howe, American sports agent
- Colleen Jones, Canadian curler and television personality
- Colleen A. Kraft, American pediatrician
- Colleen Lanne, American freestyle swimmer
- Colleen Lawless, American judge
- Colleen Lee, Hong Kong pianist
- Colleen B. Lemmon, American Mormon counselor
- Colleen Lovett, American singer, composer, and arranger
- Colleen Madamombe, Zimbabwean sculptor
- Colleen Madigan, American politician and social worker
- Colleen Makhubele, South African politician
- Colleen McCullough, Australian author
- Colleen McEdwards, Canadian-American journalist and educator
- Colleen J. McElroy, American poet
- Colleen McGuinness, American director, screenwriter, and producer
- Colleen Miller, American actress
- Colleen Mills, New Zealand management academic
- Colleen Moore, American film actress
- Colleen Murphy, Canadian screenwriter, director, and playwright
- Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy, American radio host and DJ
- Colleen Nelson, Australian biochemist
- Colleen O'Shaughnessey, American voice actress
- Colleen Peterson, Canadian singer
- Colleen Quigley, American middle- and long-distance runner
- Colleen Rennison, Canadian actress
- Colleen Rosensteel, American judoka
- Colleen Schneider, American mixed martial arts fighter
- Colleen Joy Shogan, American author and academic
- Colleen Smith, Canadian baseball player
- Colleen Stan, American kidnapping victim
- Colleen Thibaudeau, Canadian poet and short-story writer
- Colleen Townsend, American actress
- Colleen Waata Urlich, New Zealand potter and ceramicist
- Colleen Willoughby, American philanthropist
- Colleen Young, Canadian politician
- Colleen Young, American Paralympic swimmer
- Colleen Zenk, American actress
Fictional characters
- Colleen (Road Rovers), on the American animated TV series Road Rovers
- Colleen Carlton, on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Colleen Caviello, on the American animated TV series Bob's Burgers
- Colleen Cooper, on the American TV series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- Colleen Donaghy, on the American TV comedy “30 Rock“
- Colleen Smart, on the Australian soap opera Home and Away
- Colleen Wing, a Marvel Comics superhero
- Colleen at Bel Ridge, Dina's nemesis on the American TV series Superstore
- Foxy Colleen, an Irish fox from the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre