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Cole

proper noun

  1. family name
  2. male given name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kəʊl/ / [kɒʊl] / /kɒl/ / /kɔʊl/

name

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.

  1. 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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  3. A male given name.
  4. A surname.
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noun

  1. Obsolete form of coal.