Colette

theGDpaterfamilias

General feelings?

What if dad's name is Nicholas? I'm not big on naming kids after a parent (seems vain to me) but I didn't realize Colette is a feminized version of the name until I looked up the meaning and saw they were the same. Just musing but I do like the NN Coco for a baby and Letty after that.

wassuphoes

When you mentioned Nicholas I immediately thought Nicolette, but to just see Colette by itself I wouldn't make that association. 

g8trkim

I wouldn't have connected the two.

fghmama6701

I wouldn't have associated the two. Love Colette, especially with NN Lettie!

eliztheforrizz

NMS at all, but I wouldn't make the connection with Nicholas.

twogirlsandagreen

I loooooove Colette and would not have connected the two names. Maybe Nicolette, but not Colette. It is so beautiful!

bbiutmcph

Love it! Like others Nicolette I would avoid but not Colette.

DogLoverX3

I like it as well! And I wouldn't have connected the two!!

LNic5

I like Colette

MagFranklin13

Love it!!!!

jenfarm3

Colette is pretty. And I don't get the connection between Colette and Nicholas so I think you're fine. Haha.

ashleyandely

It's a beautiful name! I also didn't make the connection to Nicholas so I think you are fine.

breezycat

I love it!

magsugar13

One of my favorite names!~! no association with Nicholas

gonetothesea

I didn't make the connection, and I love that name!

MamaWren919

Beautiful name. I would have never connected it to Nicholas.

emaddock

Love it!

MixedBerries88

I can't lie, I made the connection . Heather from Real Housewives of BH has a son named Nicholas and a daughter named Collette. I rolled my eyes pretty hard at that one. I kind of like a dad named Nicholas and a daughter named Collette. It's cute. You hardly ever see a daughter named after (accidentally or not) her dad!

JandJ62914

I love it! When my sister was pregnant with both her baby girls I suggested the name Colette!

Sassenach1743

LOVE Colette. Would never have associated it with Nicolas. 

4N6s

Love Colette

groovylocks

I think it's fine. Not my personal style but there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. 

Rabbitheart15

I think it's fine and I love Colette. If the connection keeps bothering you, how about Celeste?

jszafran

I LOVE Colette, it's beautiful. Not a fan of Coco or Lettie at all, the full version is so much prettier. I don't put much stock in pre-determined nicknames, though. They may or may not stick, you just have to see what comes naturally.

Never would've crossed my mind that it was a feminine version of Nicholas.

mattandlora

Nicholas and Nicole is too much
Cole and Colette is too much
Nicholas and Colette is cute

RachelT1234

I love Nicolette!

Edited: I brought it up to my husband and his reply was, "Nicorette like the smoking gum?" Ugh!

mb0112

Like the name, agree I wouldn't notice the Nicholas connection.

Not crazy about the nicknames but also I think it will be hard for you to bank on one nn as a baby and then changing it as she gets older. The first one could stick, especially if other family members get used to it. Call her a nickname that you like best from the start!

sherbear82

Colette is lovely!

alisonc87

I love Colette! It is our name we have chosen if we ever have a 2nd girl

crzyforbabies

MixedBerries88 said:

I can't lie, I made the connection . Heather from Real Housewives of BH has a son named Nicholas and a daughter named Collette. I rolled my eyes pretty hard at that one. I kind of like a dad named Nicholas and a daughter named Collette. It's cute. You hardly ever see a daughter named after (accidentally or not) her dad!

I made the same connection to Real Housewives of BH, but not the Nicholas-Colette connection. The names sound a little similar, but I wouldn't let that deter me. Heather from Real Housewives also calls her daughter Coco. So chic and cute. 

GOmamab15

I like it!