Colas as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Colas

What is the meaning of the name Colas ?

The baby name Colas is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced French: /kɔ.la/ (KO-lah),English (anglicized): /ˈkoʊləs/ (KOH-luhs).

Colas is French in Origin.

Colas is a French diminutive of Nicolas, ultimately from the Greek Nikolaos (nike "victory" + laos "people"), conveying the sense of "victory of the people." The form belongs to the long tradition of affectionate hypocoristics ending in -as found in medieval France.

Common in rural and popular speech from the Middle Ages through the early modern era, Colas appears in folk songs, fabliaux, and stage works; notable appearances include the rustic hero of the ballet La Fille mal gardée and the Burgundian protagonist of Romain Rolland’s novel Colas Breugnon. Its use has largely declined as a given name, though it persists regionally in Francophone areas and as a patronymic surname. Related forms and variants include Nicolas/Nicholas, Nikolaos/Nikolas, Nikolai, Nick, Nico; German and Dutch cognates Klaus/Claus and Klaas; Russian diminutive Kolya; and Romance nicknames Colàs (Occitan) and Colás (Spanish). Feminine counterparts are Nicole and Nicola.