Cole /koÊŠl/ 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.
Kohl Family History. Kohl Name Meaning. German (also Köhl): from Middle High German kol, köl 'cabbage', 'cabbage head' (ultimately from Latin caulis 'stalk'), hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of cabbages. from the Germanic personal name Kolo.
Kole is an Americanized respelling of Cole. The name Cole comes from an English, Irish and occasionally Scottish surname which itself originated as a personal name. ... On the other hand, Cole is sometimes considered a reduced form of the name Nicholas (from ancient Greek origins meaning “people of victoryâ€).
Coley Name Meaning. English (West Midlands): nickname for a swarthy person, from Old English colig 'dark', 'black' (a derivative of col '(char)coal'). English: possibly a habitational name from Coaley in Gloucestershire, named in Old English as 'woodland clearing (leah) with a hut or shelter (cofa)'.
