Etymology

colleen

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Today it means: A girl. Full definition →

Irish cailín
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colleen · noun1

  1. Irish · borrowed fromcailín
  2. Irish · borrowed fromcailín
  3. English todaycolleen

Borrowed from Irish cailín.

Colleen · proper noun2

  1. Irish · derived fromcailín“girl”
  2. English todayColleen

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

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