sentences:  The Irish patronymic "Ó Coileáin" gave rise to the surname "Cullen" (which is also the anglicization of the unrelated patronymic "Ó Cuilinn").In England and Wales, "Colin" was one of the Top 100 most commonly given male names for most of the 20th century but declined greatly at the end of the century and since.It rose steadily from 96th in 1904 to 82nd in 1914, 61st in 1924, 26th in 1934 and 15th in 1944.