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Colin vs Darren - What's the difference?

colin | darren |

As nouns the difference between colin and darren

is that colin is hake, coalfish while darren is (nl-noun form of).

colin

English

Alternative forms

* Collin

Proper noun

(en-proper noun) ( plural Colins )
  • * : VI:x:16:
    • That iolly shepheard, which there piped, was / Poore Colin' Clout (who knowes not ' Colin Clout?)
  • * 1992 Howard B. Means, Colin Powell , Donald J. Fine (1992), ISBN 1556113358, page 49:
    • "My parents," Powell wrote, "were British subjects, and they named me Colin' (KAH-lin). Being British, they knew very well how the name was supposed to be pronounced. But when I was a young boy, there was a famous American World War II hero whose name became very popular in the streets of New York City. He was Capt. ' Colin P. Kelly Jr. He was called KOH-lin. My friends in the streets of the South Bronx, who heard Captain Kelly's name pronounced in the radio and by their parents and other adults, began to refer to me by the same pronunciation.

    • Usage notes

    * Popular given name in the U.K. in the mid-twentieth century.

    Related terms

    * surnames: Collins, Collinson, Collis, Collison ----

    darren

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Darin * Darrin

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1837 The Saturday Magazine, John William Parker, v.10 (1837), page 94 ("Silver Mines in Great Britain"):
    • About the middle of the sixteenth century, Darren , and the adjoining mine of Cwm Symlog, were extensively and profitably worked - - -
  • * 1862 Illustrated Dublin Journal, James Duffy, page 216 ( "The Lady of Darren"):
    • - - - the sun shone down merrily on the green woods of Darren', the bright Liffey tumbled joyously down by bank and brake, and a joyous peal of bells rang out to welcome the happy bridal of the Lady of ' Darren and her handsome lover, Sir Brian Courtenay.
  • * 1959 Gwen Bristow: Celia Garth , Crowell 1959, page 15:
    • Darren was a beautiful youth, strong and well made.
  • * 1998 Barbara Vine ( ), The Chimney Sweeper's Boy , ISBN 0670879274, page 315:
    • One of those awful names, Gareth or Darren - no, Jason.

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