Collins, a surname-turned-given-name, is the Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Coileáin, meaning "descendant of Coileán." The name Coileán itself means "pup," "young dog" or "whelp." Collins can also mean "son of Colin" in English, with Colin meaning "victory of the people" in Greek. Originally a boy's name in the early 1900s, Collins debuted on the Social Security Administration's top 1,000 for girl names in 2012 and has been a top-250 girl's name every year since 2022. It received a massive boost thanks to Lily Collins, who played Michael Oher's adoptive sister, Collins Tuohy, in the 2009 film "The Blind Side."
