I'm Irish, and it pops up surprisingly often in Irish families. I love it!

I love it!

Anonymous wrote:I like it. I considered it for a middle name. But it is actually a nickname for Nicolette, no sure if that bothers you or not. It bothered me enough not to use it.

I never knew that. I actually thought Nicolette sounded made up! I love the name Colette and if my son had been a girl, her middle name would have been Colette. Like a pp said, I felt it would have been pretentious since we don't have a French connection, but I was ok with it as a middle name.

I like it. I considered it for a middle name. But it is actually a nickname for Nicolette, no sure if that bothers you or not. It bothered me enough not to use it.

Would name my kid that if my name wasn’t Nicole, which is essentially the same (Nicole->Nicolette->Colette)

I like Colette. And Sabine.

I like it a lot.

I like it

I know people with this as a last name, so not just French. It just means little necklace. I like Camille better. Or Nicolette. But it’s v pretty and not pretentious.

Anonymous wrote:Are you French? I don't normally care about that too much but in this case, Collette is such a quintessentially French name without much use outside France or French immigrants, that I think it could come off as pretentious if you don't have the connection.

But I think it's a pretty name.

See I actually think it’s French, but less so than say, Delphine.

Are you French? I don't normally care about that too much but in this case, Collette is such a quintessentially French name without much use outside France or French immigrants, that I think it could come off as pretentious if you don't have the connection.

But I think it's a pretty name.

My mind went to Colette the chef from Ratatouille, then Les Mis but that was Cosette so I don’t know why. I like it!

I like it! Fresh yet classic.

Hate it. But to be fair, I hate all the -ette names.

Thoughts on this name? Too close to Colleen?

Haven’t even checked social security website to see how common it is at the moment.