Cole (name)

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Cole
Family name
Meaning	"swarthy, coal-black, charcoal" or an "abbreviation of Nicholas"
Region of origin	England
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Cole /koʊl/ 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 Cole (born 1971), British football player
Ann Cole (1934–1986), American R&B singer
Ashley Cole (born 1980), English football player
Barry Cole (born 1936), English poet
Bill Cole (born 1937), American jazz musician and educator
Bob Cole (composer) (1861–1911), American composer, actor, playwright, and stage producer and director
Bob Cole (announcer) (born 1933), Canadian television announcer
Bob Cole (cricketer) (born 1938), English cricketer
Brendan Cole (born 1976), 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 (disambiguation), several people
Christina Cole (born 1982), English actress
Christopher Okoro Cole (1921–1990), 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
Daniel Cole (disambiguation), several people named Dan, Daniel or Danny Cole
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
Deon Cole, American standup comedian and comedy writer
Dick Cole (born 1968), Cornish activist and archaeologist
Donald Cole (disambiguation), multiple people
Duncan Cole (born 1958), New Zealand football player
Edward William Cole (1832–1918), Australian business man 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 K. Cole (born 1969), American wildlife biologist
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 (born 1948), American musician
Freddy Cole, (born 1931), American musician
Fremont Cole (1856–1915), New York politician
G. D. H. Cole (1889–1959), English political theorist, economist and historian
Gary Cole (born 1956), American actor
Gary Cole (footballer), Australian football player
George Cole (actor) (born 1925), British actor
Goody Cole (c. 1590 – 1680), American witch
Gracie Cole (1924–2006), English trumpeter
Graham Cole (born 1952), British actor
Harold Cole (1906–1946), British soldier and traitor
Harry A. Cole (born 1921), Maryland jurist
Harry A. Cole (born 1909), American chemist, inventor of Pine-Sol
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 (disambiguation), several people
Joe Cole (footballer), (born 1981), English football player
Joe Cole (roadie) (1961–1991), American roadie and author
John Cole (disambiguation), multiple people
Johnnetta B. Cole (born 1936), American academic
Joseph J. Cole (1869–1925), American automobile pioneer and founder of the Cole Motor Car Company
Juan 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
Keyshia Cole (born 1981), American singer and songwriter
King Cole may refer to:
- King Cole (baseball player) (1886–1916), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Nat King Cole (1919–1965), American jazz singer and pianist
- Old King Cole, legendary Celtic Britain king
Kyla Cole (born 1978), Slovak glamour model
L. B. Cole (1918–1995), 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
Luther F. Cole (1925-2013), American jurist
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 (born 1959), English novelist
Michael Cole (born 1968), American sports commentator
E. Nelson Cole (born 1937), 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
Stephen Cole (disambiguation), multiple people
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
T. N. Cole (1844–1924), Australian umpire
Tammy Cole (born 1973), Australian field hockey defender
Taylor Cole (born 1984), American actress
Ted Cole (born 1971), Canadian voice actor
Thomas Cole (1801–1848), American artist
Tiffany Cole (born 1981), American murderer
Timothy Cole (1852–1931), American wood engraver
Timothy Cole (1960–1999), 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 (died 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 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, 1st Earl of Enniskillen, 2nd Baron Mountflorence (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), British palaeontologist
Lowry Egerton Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen (1845–1924)

People with given name Cole

Cole Hamels (born 1983), Major League Baseball pitcher
Cole Sprouse, American actor
Cole Porter (1891–1964), American songwriter
Cole Hauser, American actor
Cole Weston, American photographer
Cole Swensen, American poet

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
James Cole,the main character in the film 12 Monkeys played by Bruce Willis
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 Ortiz, a character from the eighth season of the television series 24, played by Freddy Prinze Jr.
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

References

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