- 1.English: from a Middle English pet form of
Nicholas.
2.English: from a Middle English personal name derived
from the Old English byname Cola (from col ‘(char)
coal’, presumably denoting someone of swarthy
appearance), or the Old Norse cognate Koli.
3. Scottish and Irish: when not of English origin, this
is a reduced and altered form of McCool.
4. In some cases, particularly in New England, Cole is a
translation of the French surname Charbonneau.
5. Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kohl.
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