Collins

Collins is a surname that decided to go on an adventure. Rooted in the Irish Ó Coileáin — "descendant of the young warrior" — and later anglicized across Britain, it became a household word through the dictionary publishers and the Jane Austen clergyman Mr. Collins of Pride and Prejudice. Its jump to girls' first name is a distinctly twenty-first-century American move, propelled by the surname-as-given-name trend and buoyed by country star Collin Raye's spelling cousin. It entered the US top 1000 in 2013 and has climbed to 257. Preppy, slightly Southern, monogram-ready. The final S keeps it sleek rather than stiff.