Cole (name)
| Cole |
| Family name |
| Meaning |
"swarthy, coal-black, charcoal" or an "abbreviation of Nicholas" |
| Region of origin |
England |
| Footnotes: [1] |
Cole is a surname of English origin, and is much less frequently a given name. It is of Middle English origin, and its meaning is "swarthy, coal-black, charcoal". The Cole family originated in Cornwall, South West England. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Randolphi Cole, appearing in the Winton Rolls of Hampshire in 1148.[2]
It is also an Americanized spelling of the German name 'Kohl', and of the Scottish and Irish name 'McCool'.[3]
People with surname Cole
- Sir Alexander Colin Cole (1922–2001), Garter Principal King of Arms
- Allan Cole (born 1943), American author and television writer
- Alphaeus Philemon Cole (1876–1988), American artist
- Andrew "Andy" Cole (born 1971), British football player
- Ashley Cole (born 1980), English football player
- Barry Cole (born 1936), English poet
- William (Bill) Cole (born 1937), American jazz musician and educator
- [[Bo Cole (born 1959) American Professional Photographer (KY)
- Robert "Bob" Cole (1861–1911), American composer, actor, playwright, and stage producer and director
- Robert "Bob" Cecil Cole (born 1933), Canadian television announcer
- Robert "Bob" Cole (born 1938), English cricketer
- Brendan Cole, New Zealand ballroom dancer
- Brian Cole (1942–1972), American musician
- Buddy Cole (musician) (1916–1964), pianist
- Carlton Cole (born 1983), English footballer
- Carolyn Cole (born 1961), American photographer
- Carroll Cole (1938–1985), American serial killer
- Chanel Cole (born 1977), New Zealand musician
- Cheryl Cole (born 1983), English singer, member of girl band Girls Aloud
- Chris Cole, American politician
- Chris Cole (born 1977), American football player
- Chris Cole (born 1982), American skateboarder
- Christina Cole (born 1982), English actress
- Christopher Okoro Cole former Governor-general and President of Sierra Leone
- Clay Cole (born 1938), American disc jockey and television host
- Cole (Hampshire cricketer) (18th century), English professional cricketer
- Colin Cole (football player) (born 1980), Canadian football player
- Cornelius Cole (1822–1924), American politician
- Cozy Cole (1909–1981), American jazz drummer
- Dan Cole (rugby union) (born 1987), English rugby union player
- Dandridge M. Cole (1921-1965), aerospace engineer
- David D. Cole, American lawyer and academic
- Darrell S. Cole (1920-1945), American marine
- Dennis Cole (1940-2009), American actor
- Dick Cole (born 1968), Cornish activist and archaeologist
- Donald Cole, American anthropologist
- Duncan Cole (born 1958), New Zealand football player
- E. W. Cole, an Australian business man, entrepreneur and publisher. Also known as 'E. W. Cole of the Book Arcade'
- Ed Cole (died 1977), American car manufacturer
- Edward B. Cole (1879–1918), American Marine Corps officer
- Edwin Louis Cole (1922–2002), American Christian leader
- Eric Kirkham Cole, (1901–1966), English radio engineer and industrialist, founder of the company EKCO
- Erik Cole (born 1978), American ice hockey player
- Ezra Danolds Cole (1902 -1992), of Nyack, New York
- Frank Cole (1954–2000), Canadian documentary filmmaker
- Frank Estes Cole (1908-1981), Louisiana legislator and educator
- Frank Nelson Cole (1861–1926), American mathematician
- Fred Cole, American musician
- Freddy Cole, (born 1931), American musician
- George Douglas Howard Cole (1889–1959), English political theorist, economist and historian
- Gary Cole (born 1956), American actor
- Gary Cole (footballer), Australian football player
- George Cole (born 1925), British actor
- Eunice "Goody" Cole (c. 1590–1680), American witch
- Gracie Cole (1924-2006), English trumpeter
- Graham Cole (born 1952), British actor
- Harry A. Cole (born 1921), Maryland jurist
- Harry A. Cole (born 1909), American chemist
- Sir Henry Cole (1808–1882), British civil servant and innovator
- Holly Cole (born 1963), Canadian singer
- Horace de Vere Cole (1881–1936), British eccentric and jokester
- Howard N. Cole (1911-1983), military historian and author
- Hugh M. Cole (1911-2005), U.S. Army officer in World War II, American professor of history
- J. Cole (born 1985), American musician
- Jack Cole (artist) (1918–1958), comic creator
- Jack Cole (choreographer) (1911–1974), American choreographer
- James W. "Catfish" Cole (1924–1967), American Ku Klux Klan leader
- Joanna Cole, American author and educator
- Joe Cole (footballer), (born 1981), English football player
- Joe Cole (roadie) (1961–1991), American roadie and author
- John Cole may refer to:
- Johnnetta B. Cole (born 1936), American academic
- Joseph J. Cole (1869-1925), American automobile pioneer and car manufacturer
- John "Juan" Ricardo I. Cole (born 1952), American professor of modern history and political commentator
- Jude Cole, Canadian singer and songwriter
- Julie Dawn Cole (born 1957), British actress
- Kate Cole, Australian actress
- Kenneth Cole, one of several people including
- Kenneth Reese Cole, Jr.
- Keyshia Cole (born 1981), American singer and songwriter
- King Cole may refer to:
- Kyla Cole (born 1978), Slovak glamour model
- L. B. Cole, American comic book artist
- Lanisha Cole (born 1982), American model
- Lester Cole (1904-1985), American screenwriter
- Lily Cole (born 1988), English model
- Lionel Cole, pianist and songwriter
- Lloyd Cole (born 1961), English singer and songwriter
- Lori Ann Cole, computer game designer
- Lynnette Cole (born 1978), American model
- M. J. Cole (born 1973), British musician
- Margaret Cole (1893-1980), English novelist and politician
- Martin Cole (actor) (born 1975), Welsh television actor
- Martin Cole (sexologist) (born 1931), British sex education pioneer and abortion law reformer
- Martina Cole, English novelist
- Michael Cole (born 1938), psychologist, theorist of Cultural Theory of Development
- Michael Cole (born 1968), American sports commentator
- E. Nelson Cole, American politician
- Nat King Cole (1917-1965), American jazz singer and pianist
- Natalie Cole (born 1950), American singer; daughter of Nat King Cole
- Norman Cole (politician) (1909–1979), a British Conservative and National Liberal Member of Parliament
- Norman Cole (footballer) (1913–1976), English footballer with several clubs, including Southampton and Norwich City
- Ollie Cole, Irish musician
- Paula Cole (born 1968), American singer and songwriter
- Peter Cole (born 1957) American poet
- Rebecca Cole (1846–1922), African American woman doctor
- Rich Cole, Canadian journalist
- Richard Cole (born 1946), British music tour manager and author
- Robert G. Cole (1915-1944), American soldier
- Robert MacFarlan Cole III (born 1890), American chemist
- Samantha Cole (born 1978), American pop singer
- Stanley Cole (born 1945), American water polo player
- Stephen Cole (born 1956), British journalist
- Stephen Cole (writer) (born 1971), British author
- Steve Cole (born 1970), American saxophonist
- Stu Cole (born 1966), Major League Baseball player
- Susanna Cole (1633-1713), only survivor of Indian attack killing her mother Anne Hutchinson
- Thomas Nicholas Cole (1844-1924), Australian umpire
- Tammy Cole (born 1973), Australian field hockey defender
- Taylor Cole (born 1984), American actress
- Ted Cole, Canadian voice actor
- Thomas Cole (1801-1848), American artist
- Tiffany Cole (born 1981), American murderer
- Timothy Cole (1852-1931), American wood engraver
- Timothy Cole, American man wrongly convicted of rape
- Tom Cole (born 1949), American politician
- Tommy Cole (born 1941), of The Mickey Mouse Club
- Trent Cole (born 1982), American football player
- George Vicat Cole (1833-1893), British artist
- Rex Vicat Cole (1870-1940) , British artist
- Walter Cole, 19th century New York politician
- Walter L. Cole (d. 1943), Irish merchant and politician
- William Clay Cole (1897–1965), Members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri
- William Carey Cole (1868–1935), Admiral of the United States Navy
- William Purington Cole, Jr. (1889–1957), American jurist and politician
- William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-1886) British palaeontologist and peer
- William Cole (musician) (1909-1997), English musician
- Zeralda Elizabeth Cole (1825-1911), mother of American outlaws
Use as an aristocratic family name
- John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence (1709-1767)
- William Willoughby Cole, 2nd Baron Mountflorence (1736-1803)
- William Willoughby Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen (1736-1803)
- John Willoughby Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen (1768-1840), elected a Representative Peer in 1804
- William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-1886)
- Lowry Egerton Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen (1845-1924)
- John Henry Michael Cole, 5th Earl of Enniskillen (1876-1963)
- David Lowry Cole, 6th Earl of Enniskillen (1918-1989)
- Andrew John Galbraith Cole, 7th Earl of Enniskillen (born 1942)
People with given name Cole
Fictional characters with surname Cole
- Augustus Cole, in Gears of War
- Blackie Cole, in The Invisible Woman
- Buddy Cole (fiction), Canadian television character
- Gordon Cole, in Twin Peaks
- John Grady Cole, the protagonist in All the Pretty Horses, as well as Cities of the Plain, the first and third novels in Cormac McCarthy's The Border Trilogy
- Jem Cole, in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
- King Cole, figure in British literature and legend since the Middle Ages (possible basis for the nursery rhyme Old King Cole)
- Locke Cole, in Final Fantasy VI
- Lucy Saxon/Cole, The Master's wife in Doctor Who
- Marcus Cole, in Babylon 5
- Norris Cole, in Coronation Street
- Richard Cole (EastEnders), in EastEnders
- Simone Cole, in Clive Barker's Jericho
- Taylor Cole (Laguna Beach), in Laguna Beach
- Virgil "Tiger" Cole, in Flight of the Intruder
Fictional characters with given name Cole
- Cole MacGrath, the main character of the PlayStation 3 game Infamous and Infamous 2
- Cole Phelps, the main character of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game L.A. Noire
- Cole Richards, a main character of the online comic PvP
- Cole Sear, the main character of the film The Sixth Sense, played by Haley Joel Osment
- Cole Trickle, the main character of the film Days of Thunder, played by Tom Cruise
- Cole Turner, multiseason supporting actor, antagonist, and love interest in three mid-run seasons of the television series Charmed played by Julian McMahon
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