Message: "Collins" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Collins

by Shaymin

2/7/2019, 11:27 AM

I am sorry, but I dislike this name so much. It is unattractive for either gender and I don't understand why it suddenly became so trendy. Where the heck did it come from? I know it is a surname, but what possesed a bunch of people within the last 2 years to name their daughters Collins?

#Collins

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- number1212

2/8/2019, 8:04 PM

I don’t get the appeal either. I know it’s a surname, but it doesn’t sound remotely feminine.

- JemimahGertrude

2/7/2019, 9:04 PM

All I can think of is Mr. Collins from the 1995 version of Pride and Prejudice: smarmy, oily, and extremly creepy. Only fit for laughter and mockery.

- 6sammie6

2/7/2019, 7:10 PM

What's so wrong with Colin? Or Colleen? No thanks.

- **Hiddlestoner_26** (Lady_Skywalker)

2/7/2019, 6:35 PM

I totally agree about the feminine usage of it, but I think it would fine as a middle name for a boy whose family has a connection to it.

- Zina +1

2/7/2019, 2:41 PM

I like Collin on either gender but Collins is horrible for both idk why one little s makes so much difference

- Shaymin

2/7/2019, 4:46 PM

I think because it just sounds like a plural of something or possessive, at least to me it does.

- Higuma Kanora +2

2/7/2019, 2:24 PM

I heard it in the movie The Blind Side on a female character and it really grew on me. I don't absolutely love it but I don't have any problems with it either.

- Theodora'sMommy (Nemesis0408)

2/8/2019, 8:39 AM

I actually found it ever so slightly harder to like the parents because they gave their daughter such a dippy name.

Still good people and a good movie, though.

- Peachy Girl Steph (BuckeyedPeach86)

2/7/2019, 5:20 PM

THANK YOU!

...for agreeing with me! I think it'd be cute on a little girl.

- Daffodil (speakofthewolf) +1

2/7/2019, 12:37 PM

Maybe they love Collins-era Genesis like A LOT.

Even though everyone knows that early Genesis is the best Genesis, objectively.

Really though... yeah not sure. It seems to be because of a movie I've never seen: The Blind Side.

This message was edited 2/7/2019, 12:37 PM

- Shaymin

2/7/2019, 4:47 PM

I don't even know what that is.

Odd that Blind Side would make this popular, yet I have not seen a Katniss.

- Fictionfan861 (guest)

2/7/2019, 12:28 PM

precisely what I'd like to know. I always feel compelled to mentally erase the last letter. I don't mind the name itself but it absolutely screams, "surname only!" And sounds even more ridiculous on a girl.
Some surname-type names work well but Collins just isn't one of them. And yeah, why on girls? *smh*

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