Spell the name Collin?

Question

Spell the name Collin?

Answer 1

Collin.

That's the only way I know how to spell Collin.

Answer 2

Actually,  I have a line in my tree that is pronounced the same way but spelled Kollen.  They are from Holland, Michigan

Answer 3

If you know a certain person, the right spelling is on their records.  If you are doing RESEARCH, don't expect right/wrong spellings.  It will show up in records in various ways.. what matters is if it is the person you are looking for.  Keep open to variations.  

Answer 4

Colin in English. Coilin in Irish.  Both are diminutives of Nicholas.

Answer 5

g-e-o-r-g-e Collin

Answer 6

The correct way to spell a name is how each person spells their own name.  I have never seen this but if someone's name is Collyn as that is the way their parents wanted it spelled, that is correct for that person.  

Name spelling and pronunciation is sacred to each person. We have a man move here several years ago and he had a bad habit of telling our Cajun population they pronounced their name wrong.  He thought they should use English phonics. Those people were in this part of the world, long before any

English speaking people were and before the area was part of the U.S.  That type of thing is very rude.

I would never correct a person for how they spell or pronounce their name.

Answer 7

The name Colin is Scottish and is derived directly from the Gaelic -Cailean . Cailean mor ( Great Colin ) was one of the great Chiefs of the Clan Campbell  . Found mostly in the Argyll area of West Scotland it is erroneously quoted in " birthday books " as a derivitive of Nicholas which it is not . Interestingly the American soldier Collin Powell ( he spelt his with two ls) pronounced his name Coe - lin which is closer to the original Gaelic than the anglicised Co - lin . Being a Colin , I recall my grand father also Colin and a native Gaelic speaker always called me Coe -  lin .