Cole
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//kəʊl//
- United Kingdom/[kɒʊl]/
- United States//koʊl//
- //kɒl//
A male given name.
proper noun
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A male given name.
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.”
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A male given name. A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.
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A male given name. A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A surname. A surname, variant of Cowell. from Cowell
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A surname. A surname transferred from the given name.
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A placename: A river in the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England, which joins the Rivers Blythe and Tame north-east of Coleshill (Warwickshire).
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A placename: A river forming the border between Wiltshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the Thames near Lechlade.
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A placename: A hamlet in Pitcombe parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6633).
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A placename: A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado, United States.
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A placename: A township in Benton County, Missouri, United States.
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A placename: A town in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States.
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Variant of Cole CountyA placename: Ellipsis of Cole County.
Etymology
The 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.
Forms
- plural
- Coles