cole

Meanings

1. Cabbage.
2. Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).

1. A stack or stook of hay.

1. Obsolete form of coal.

1. A male given name.
2. A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A surname.
5. A surname, variant of Cowell. from Cowell
6. A surname transferred from the given name.
7. A placename:
8. A river in the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England, which joins the Rivers Blythe and Tame north-east of Coleshill (Warwickshire).
9. A river forming the border between Wiltshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the Thames near Lechlade.
10. A hamlet in Pitcombe parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6633).
11. A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado, United States.
12. A township in Benton County, Missouri, United States.

Etymology

From Middle English cole, col, from Old English cawel, an early Germanic borrowing from Latin caulis (“cabbage”). Cognate with Dutch kool, German Kohl, Danish kål, Norwegian Bokmål kål, Norwegian Nynorsk kål, Swedish kål. Doublet of caulis, gobi, and kale.