Colleen Definition

kŏ-lēn, kŏlēn
noun
A girl.
Webster's New World
A feminine name.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary
pronoun
A female given name.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Colleen

Noun

Singular:
colleen
Plural:
colleens

Origin of Colleen

  • From the word colleen, Irish cailín (“girl”), not used as a name in Ireland. Colleen can also be interpreted as a variant of Coleen, the former spelling being a product of marketing by the Hollywood film industry (to promote a new starlet in the 1920's).

    From Wiktionary

  • Irish Gaelic cailín diminutive of caile girl from Old Irish

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowed from Irish cailín.

    From Wiktionary

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