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View Name: Colette


COLETTE
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: French
PRONOUNCED: ko-LET   [key]
Meaning & History
Short form of NICOLETTE. Saint Colette was a 15th-century French nun who gave her money to the poor. This was also the pen name of the French author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954).
Related Names
MASCULINE FORM: Nicolas
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