Entry № 1243 · French origin

Colette Colette — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ko-LET /
Gender
Girl
Origin
French
Meaning
"Victory of the people"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 587
First recorded
Medieval (French)

A name that means "victory of the people".

Colette is a French diminutive of Nicole — itself from the Greek nikē (victory) and laos (people). The novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954), known simply as Colette, is the most famous bearer.

Colette is rising in the U.S. — currently in the top 600. The French gymnast Colette Besson and various French characters bear the name.

Victory of the people. The French novelist.

The name in its native script.

Colette
Transliteration
Colette
Pronunciation
/ kəˈlɛt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Colette stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 587 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 587 in 2025
Babies named Colette · last year
487 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
2015
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · №587 NOW · №587

Colettes before her.

Real people
Colette
French novelist.
1873 – 1954
In fiction
Colette
Character in Pixar's Ratatouille.
2007 film

Names connected to Colette.

The number behind Colette.

4

The Builder

Colette reduces to four — the number of French literary grace.

Why families chose this name.

"The novelist. Three syllables of French confidence. Colette."
Camille · Mother of one · Paris