Cole

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See also: cole, colé, and có lẽ

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Etymology

The surname is variously from:

  1. A nickname from Old English col (“coal, coal-black”),
  2. A patronymic from Nicholas (see also Coles, Colson, Colle).
  3. A variation of Cowell (which itself has several origins).
  4. As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, variant of McCool.
  5. As a German surname, Americanized from Kohl.
  6. As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Kool.
  7. As a French surname, Americanized/calqued from Charbonneau, influenced by the first sense.

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 River Cole on Wikipedia

Cole (countable and uncountable, plural Coles)

  1. (countable) A male given name
    • 2024 July 21, Kamala Harris, “Kamala Harris on Being ‘Momala’”, in ELLE‎:
      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.”
    1. A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.
    2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  2. (countable) A surname.
    1. A surname, variant of Cowell. from Cowell
    2. A surname transferred from the given name.
  3. A placename:
    1. A river in the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England, which joins the Rivers Blythe and Tame north-east of Coleshill (Warwickshire).
    2. A river forming the border between Wiltshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the Thames near Lechlade.
    3. A hamlet in Pitcombe parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6633).
    4. Ellipsis of Cole County.

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