Given name & surname

Cool

Cool is a surname from Irish. It is used in English and Dutch.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Cool is a form of McCool. McCool comes from Irish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Dutch usage, Cool as a surname is an affectionate form of NIKOLAAS.

Cool’s family of names

In Dutch usage, Cool as a surname is an affectionate form of NIKOLAAS. In English usage, Cool as a surname has a related form in COOLE. In English usage, Cool as a surname has a related form in MCCOOL.

Walk Cool’s family in the name graph

CoolNikolaasCooleMccool

The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Cool, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Irish

Cowell

“son of Cathmhaol”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Irish

Conly

“one who is pure; chaste”

No U.S. birth series

86% boys · 14% girls

Latin

Pòl

Pòl is a masculine given name from Old Irish, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Scottish Gaelic and Haitian Creole.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Pól

Pól is a masculine given name from Old Irish, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Irish, Faroese, and Old Irish.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Gaelic

McColl

“the son of Coll”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Coghlan

“descendant of Cochlán”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Cohee

Cohee is a surname from Irish.

No U.S. birth series

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Irish · Celtic

Colmán

“dove”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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