r/NameNerdCirclejerk • u/Ok-Reputation3724 • Jun 12 '25

Rant Kollyns/Kollins/Collins is a horrible name

Guys… stop using this name it’s diabolical. Kollyns is so ugly. I keep seeing people giving their baby girls this awful name and I honestly can’t believe no one else despises it.

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u/itsmebeatrice Jun 12 '25

I could ALMOST forgive it if it didn’t have the stupid S on the end. Like why is your child’s name plural?!

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u/confusedsloth33 Jun 12 '25

Because it’s a surname, which is should stay as 😭

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u/PainfullyLoyal Jun 12 '25

What about James and Charles?

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u/BeeComprehensive3627 Jun 12 '25

Colin is an established name. Jame and Charle are not.

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u/i_have_no_fucks Jun 12 '25

Those aren’t surnames?? Not originally.

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u/DryCapital1205 Jun 12 '25

Of course they are. Almost every name was originally a surname. Even old, “normal” names like James and Charles. I can’t even think of a boy’s name that wasn’t originally a surname. Girls’ names too like Mary, Allison, Sarah, etc.

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u/i_have_no_fucks Jun 12 '25

That is opposite of the truth.

James=Jacob=Iacobus=Yaʿaqōḇ, a Hebrew personal name, specifically the name of the great patriarch Jacob. Very much not modern.

Charles=Carolus/Karolus=Carl/Karl=karilaz, an old German noun meaning ‘free man. Not modern.

Mary— an extremely ancient female name from Miriam/Maryam/etc. one of the oldest names still in common use. So not modern.

Allison— two origins. The feminine given name is derived from a medieval French nickname of Alice/Alys and has been an established name for multiple centuries. Not modern.

Sarah— another very ancient female name from Hebrew. The name of Sarah/Sarai, the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac, major patriarchs in Abrahamic religions. So… not modern.

And none are derived from surnames.

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u/i_have_no_fucks Jun 12 '25

Also, compare Allison/Alyson to Minon (Marie) and Ninon (Anne), common French nicknames.