Cool

See also: cool and COOL

English

Proper noun

Cool (plural Cools)

  1. A surname.
    1. Ellipsis of McCool; a surname from Irish, anglicized form of McCool.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Cool is the 6801st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4958 individuals. Cool is most common among White (90.56%) individuals.

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Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology 1

A (diminutive) of Nicolaas.

Proper noun

Cool m

  1. (archaic) a male given name
Derived terms

Etymology 2

First attested as coele in 1281-1284. Potentially derived from Middle Dutch cole (“cabbage, Brassica oleracea”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Cool
  • Homophone: kool

Proper noun

Cool n

  1. a neighbourhood and former municipality of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “cool”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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