Collins

Meanings

1. An English surname originating as a patronymic from the given name Colin.
2. A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Coileáin.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A locale in the United States.
5. A town in New York; named for a local dairy farming family.
6. A city, the county seat of Covington County, Mississippi; named for Mississippi statesman Fred W. Collins.
7. A city in Georgia; named for early settler Perry Collins.
8. A city in Iowa.
9. A village in Missouri; named for the local judge William Collins.
10. A former settlement in Fresno County, California.
11. An unincorporated community in Napa County, California.
12. An unincorporated community in Indiana; named for railroad official James Collins.

1. Any of various alcoholic drinks made with lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water.

1. plural of Collin

1. Any of various alcoholic drinks made with lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water.

Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Colin. * As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Coileáin (“descendant of Coileán”), see Cullen, McQuillan, and McCallion. * As a French surname, Americanized from Collin and Colette. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized from Kolenc, from koleno (“knee”) and the obsolete kolenc (“nipplewort”).