Kool is a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

patronymic surname A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic surnames. For example, early patronymic Welsh surnames were the result of th ...

. ''Kool'' () is an archaic short form of the given name

Nicolaas Nicolaas is the Dutch equivalent of the masculine given name Nicholas. Before the 19th century the name was also written Nicolaes, while Nikolaas is an uncommon variant spelling. Most people with the name use a short form in daily life, like ''Claa ...

. Since "kool" means both "cabbage" and "coal" in modern Dutch, for some families the name could conceivably have originated as a

metonymic Metonymy () is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. Etymology The words ''metonymy'' and ''metonym'' come from grc, μετωνυμία, 'a change of name' ...

occupational surname, referring to a cabbage farmer or seller, or coal worker.Kool
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Among variant forms are

Coolen Coolen () is a Dutch patronymic surname. Variant forms are '' Colen'', ''Kolen'' and ''Koolen''. ''Cool'' and ''Kool'' are archaic short forms of the given name Nicolaas. In Canada the name may also have evolved as a modern spelling of Coulon. N ...

Cools Cools is a Dutch patronymic surname meaning "son of Cool", Cool being an archaic nickname for Nicholas. The name is particularly prominent in the Belgian province of Antwerp. People with the surname include: * Alexander Cools ( 1941–2013), D ...

, ''Koole'',

Koolen Koolen ( esx, Koglu, label=Eskimo–Aleut) is a lake of Chukotsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Its name originated in the Chukchi word ''Koolёn'', a fault or deep chasm.Boris Zhulanov. ''My Stern, Gentle Koolen'' - Ural pathfin ...

and ''Kools''. People with the surname include: * Corien Kool (born 1959), Dutch CDA politician (married name: Corien Wortmann) *

David Kool David Anderson Kool (born September 23, 1987) is a former collegiate basketball player for the Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team. Kool is WMU's all-time leading scorer and was named Mid-American Conference (MAC) Player of the Year i ...

(born 1987), American college basketball player and coach * Eric Kool (born 1960), American biochemist *

Molly Kool Myrtle 'Molly' Kool (February 23, 1916 – February 25, 2009) was a Canadian sea captain. She is recognized as being one of the first North American registered female sea captains or ship master. She was the first female Master Mariner in Cana ...

(1916–2009), North America's first registered female sea captain * Noah Kool (born 1962), Papua New Guinean politician *

Ruud Kool Ruud Kool (born 1 November 1966) is a retired Dutch Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder (association football), midfielder for AZ Alkmaar, FC Twente Enschede, FC Twente, Fortuna Sittard and VVV Venlo. External links

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(born 1969), Dutch football midfielder * Willem Gillisz Kool (1608–1666), Dutch landscape painter ;Koole *

Ricky Koole Ricky Koole (born 11 September 1972) is a Dutch singer and film actress. She appeared in more than forty films since 1996. Personal life and career Koole graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor of the Arts from the ''Kleinkunstacademie'' in Amsterdam ...

(born 1972), Dutch singer and film actress * (born 1953), Dutch political scientist and Labour Party chair 2001–05 ;Kools * Cor Kools (1907–1985), Dutch football midfielder and manager * Mark Fidel Kools (born 1971), US Army soldier on death row for

fragging Fragging is the deliberate or attempted killing by a soldier of a fellow soldier, usually a superior. U.S. military personnel coined the word during the Vietnam War, when such killings were most often attempted with a fragmentation grenade, some ...

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