Surname Etymology and Meaning of COLLINS
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| (origin: Gaelic.) From Cuilein, darling, a term of endearment applied to young animals, as Catulus, in Latin. In the Welsh, Collen signifies hazel--a hazel-grove. Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857). |
