Colenso may refer to:

People

Elizabeth Colenso (1821 – 1904), missionary, teacher, translator, wife of William Colenso Frances Colenso (1849 – 1887), historian, daughter of John Colenso Harriette Colenso (1847 – 1932), Anglican missionary, daughter of John Colenso John Colenso (1814 – 1883), first Anglican bishop of Natal, mathematician, theologian, Biblical scholar and social activist William Colenso (1811 – 1899), missionary, botanist and politician in New Zealand

Other

Battle of Colenso, 1899, during the Second Boer War Colenso, KwaZulu-Natal, town in eastern South Africa Colenso Power Station Colenso Parade, alternative rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland