Collins (surname)


Collins is a surname. There are many alternative spellings or related surnames.
The name may be derived from Coll or Colin, an English diminutive of the Greek name Nicholas; from the Irish word cuilein, meaning "darling"; from the Welsh collen, referring to a grove of hazel trees; or of the French colline, meaning "hill". It may be derived from "relative or son of Coileáin", and other meanings ascribed to it are "victory-people" or "puppy".
The earliest documented evidence of the name in England is in the 12th century. One Colinus de Andresia appears in the pipe rolls of Berkshire in 1191, while a Colinus is mentioned in Hartopp's "Register of the Freemen of Leicester" recorded in 1196.
In Ireland, Collins is one of the most common surnames, ranked number 30.
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