Details for the forename Colette

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Colette (female)


Variants:	Coletta (F) Colleta (F)
Diminutive for:	Nicolette (F)
Pet Name for:	Colle (F)
Can be spelt:	Collette (F)
Masculine form:	Colin (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	French and English derived either a. ultimately from Nicolas as a shortened form of the French feminine Nicolette, or b. from Colle, the medieval feminine diminutive of Colin.