Collins is a given name, a transferred use of an English surname ultimately derived from multiple sources.
It could be derived from Coll or Colin, an English diminutive of the Greek name Nicholas, or from the Irish word cuilein, meaning darling, from the Welsh collen, referring to a grove of hazel trees, or of the French Colline, meaning hill.
[1][2] It is a name that has been well-used in recent years for Native African men.
However, the name has increased in usage for girls due to a character in the 2009 movie The Blind Side.
[4][5] The name was among the 1,000 most used names for newborn girls in Canada in 2021, ranking 627th on the popularity chart with 45 uses for Canadian girls that year.