Given name & surname
Kohler
“one who mines coal”
Kohler is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “one who mines coal.”
Original GermanKöhler
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “one who mines coal.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
From German Kohler, Köhler (“charcoal burner”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kohler through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 143
- 143 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 162 as a first name in 2020; 16,227 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kohler’s family of names
In German usage, Kohler has a later derivative in COLER. Kohler has a related form in Koler. In German usage, Kohler as a surname has a related form in KAHLER.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kahlervariant · German
- Passauervariant · German
- Köhlervariant · German
- Köllervariant · German
- Kollervariant · German, English
- Kölervariant · German
- Kolervariant · German
- Kohlertvariant · German
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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