Collect Forename

486,495th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 325 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Collect Forename Definition:

A female name. French diminutive of Nicole, now chiefly known in this country as the pen-name of a contemporary French novelist, but formerly not uncommon in England. It was latinized as Coleta or Colecta, and gave rise to the surnames Colet, Collett, Collect.

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Collect Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria
100%
1441:1,233,08629,120
Zimbabwe
100%
801:192,79811,695
Cameroon
100%
661:327,43212,021
South Africa
80%
 
151:3,635,51086,845
Slovakia
67%
 
61:885,0103,389
United States-51:72,507,395403,747
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
France-11:66,470,34085,030
India
100%
11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637

Collect (58) may also be a surname.

Collect Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. French diminutive of Nicole, now chiefly known in this country as the pen-name of a contemporary French novelist, but formerly not uncommon in England. It was latinized as Coleta or Colecta, and gave rise to the surnames Colet, Collett, Collect. Promptorium Parvulorum gives Colette as the English and Colecta as the Latin fo rm, and Coleta is found as late as 1513. It was the name of the 15th-C reformer of the Poor Clares, who helped to end the Great Schism of the West.

Colett Hundred Rolls 1273, Coventry Mysteries 15th C. Coletta Feudal Aids 1316. Coleta Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Collette Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Kalotte William Langland, Piers Plowman c. 1360.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

Collect Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Collecte93365/
Collectt931/
Collecth931/
Colect924/
Collec924/
Collectte8880/
Colecte8624/
Colleck864/
Kollect861/
Colliec861/
Colectte8027/
Collegte801/
Collex77149/
Colleg7716/
Kolect7712/
Collic773/
Collek772/
Coleck771/
Solect771/
Collick715/
Colleke713/
Sallect712/
Kollekt711/
Zoilect711/
Solhect711/
Coollek711/
Coolhec711/
Colleex711/
Cotleck711/
Kolec67131/
Colex6731/
Coleg6726/
Colek6720/
Calec6715/
Colic677/
Collegue677/
Collègue676/
Collicks672/
Colleque671/
Kollecks671/
Colleske671/

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