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English
Proper noun
Cool (plural Cools)
- A surname.
- Ellipsis of McCool.; A surname from Irish, anglicized form of McCool.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cool is the 6801st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4958 individuals. Cool is most common among White (90.56%) individuals.
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Dutch
Etymology 1
diminutive of Nicolaas.
Proper noun
Cool m
- (archaic) a male given name
Derived terms
Etymology 2
First attested as coele in 1281-1284. Potentially derived from Middle Dutch cole (“cabbage, Brassica oleracea”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cool n
- A neighbourhood and former municipality of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “cool”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN