# Colleen

Colleen is an English-language name of Irish origin. It derives from the Irish word cailín "girl/woman", the diminutive of caile "woman, countrywoman".
Although it derives from the Irish language, Colleen as a given name is rare in Ireland, but far more popular in Irish-descended communities in the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.
It may refer to:

## People

* Colleen Opoku Amuaben, Ghanaian preacher
* Colleen Atkinson (born 1963), Irish camogie player
* Colleen Atwood (born 1948), American costume designer
* Colleen Ballinger (born 1986), American comedian, YouTube personality, and actress, known for her comedic character Miranda Sings
* Colleen Barrett (born 1944), president of Southwest Airlines in the US
* Colleen Barros, American government official
* Colleen Barry, American health policy scholar and professor
* Colleen Beaumier (born 1944), Canadian politician
* Colleen Bell (born 1967), American television producer and ambassador
* Colleen Bevis (1916–2013), American children’s advocate
* Colleen Bolton (born 1957), Australian cross-country skier
* Colleen Brennan (born 1949), American pornographic actress
* Colleen Broomall (born 1983), American journalist and former child actor
* Colleen Brown, Canadian singer
* Colleen Browning (1918–2003), American artist
* Colleen Burton (born 1958), American politician
* Colleen Camp (born 1953), American actress and film producer
* Colleen V. Chien (born 1973), American law professor
* Colleen Clinkenbeard (born 1980), American voice actress and ADR director
* Colleen Dewhurst (1924–1991), Canadian-born actress
* Colleen Dion-Scotti (born 1964), American actress
* Colleen Doran (born 1963), American cartoonist, graphic novelist, writer, and illustrator
* Colleen Egan, Australian journalist
* Colleen Anne Fitzpatrick, Australian model, actress, and filmmaker
* Colleen Fitzpatrick or Vitamin C (singer) (1938–2017), American pop music artist, dancer, and actress
* Colleen Garry (born 1962), American politician
* Colleen Gleason, American science fiction and fantasy novelist
* Colleen Graffy, American diplomat and professor
* Colleen Green (born 1984), American singer
* Colleen Grondein, South African international lawn bowler
* Colleen Haskell (born 1976), American reality show contestant and actress
* Colleen Higgins, plant pathologist in New Zealand
* Colleen A. Hoey, American diplomat
* Colleen Hoover (born 1979), American author
* Colleen Jones (born 1959), Canadian curler and television personality
* Colleen A. Kraft (born 1960), American pediatrician
* Colleen Lanne (born 1979), American freestyle swimmer
* Colleen Lee (born 1980), Hong Kong pianist
* Colleen B. Lemmon (1927–2012), Mormon counselor
* Colleen McCullough (1937–2015), Australian author
* Colleen McEdwards (born 1964), Canadian-American journalist and educator
* Colleen J. McElroy (1935–2023), American poet, short story writer, editor, and memoirist
* Colleen Mills (1955–2022), New Zealand management academic
* Colleen Moore (1899–1988), American film actress from the silent film era
* Colleen Nelson, Australian biochemist
* Colleen O'Shaughnessey (born 1971), American voice actress
* Colleen Quigley (born 1992), American middle-distance runner, steeplechase specialist, and Olympian
* Colleen Rennison (born 1987), Canadian actress
* Colleen Rosensteel (born 1967), American judoka
* Colleen Smith (1925–2018), Canadian baseball player
* Colleen Thibaudeau (1925–2012), Canadian poet and short-story writer
* Colleen Waata Urlich (1939–2015), New Zealand potter and ceramicist
* Colleen Young (politician), Canadian provincial politician
* Colleen Young (swimmer), American swimmer
* Colleen Zenk (born 1953), American actress

## Fictional characters

* Colleen (Road Rovers), on the American animated TV series Road Rovers
* Colleen Carlton, on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
* Colleen Caviello, on the American animated TV series Bob's Burgers
* Colleen Cooper, on the American TV series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
* Colleen Donaghy, on the American TV comedy “30 Rock“
* Colleen Smart, on the Australian soap opera Home and Away
* Colleen Wing, a Marvel Comics superhero
* Colleen at Bel Ridge, Dina's nemesis on the American TV series Superstore

## Last names (fictional)

* Foxy Colleen, an Irish fox from the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre.