Female name
Colette
595 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1996. Expression number: 8.
Origin
Derived from Colas, with the suffix -ette → see Nicolette.Translated by Arcanes from the French Wiktionnaire, entry “Colette”, text and translation under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1996: 58 births. 595 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2020s. It is still given: 100 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2025: 962 births. 27,987 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1950s, 1960s, 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 1912. It is still given: 3,835 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 1969: 157 births. 2,665 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. At its peak, it ranked 48th among girls' names in 1964. Fewer than ten births recorded from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 175,550 | 1900–2025 | 6th in 1936 |
| Switzerland | 1,752* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Belgium | 137 | 2014–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
3 + 6 + 3 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 5 = 26 → 8
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
6 + 5 + 5 = 16 → 7
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
3 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 10 → 1
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 4, 7, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 2 · cooperation, sensitivity, connection
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.