Cole
English
editEtymology
editThe surname is variously from:
- A nickname from Old English col (“coal, coal-black”),
- A patronymic from Nicholas (see also Coles, Colson, Colle).
- A variation of Cowell (which itself has several origins).
- As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, variant of McCool.
- As a German surname, Americanized from Kohl.
- As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Kool.
- As a French surname, Americanized/calqued from Charbonneau, influenced by the first sense.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊl/
- Homophones: coal, cole, kohl, Kohl
- Rhymes: -əʊl
Proper noun
editCole (countable and uncountable, plural Coles)
- (countable) A male given name
- 2024 July 21, Kamala Harris, “Kamala Harris on Being ‘Momala’”, in ELLE[1]:
- A few years later when Doug and I got married, Cole, Ella, and I agreed that we didn’t like the term “stepmom.” Instead they came up with the name “Momala.”
- A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- (countable) A surname.
- A placename:
- A river in the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England, which joins the Rivers Blythe and Tame north-east of Coleshill (Warwickshire).
- A river forming the border between Wiltshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the Thames near Lechlade.
- A hamlet in Pitcombe parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6633).
- Ellipsis of Cole County.
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