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Last Names : Cole

499,670 individuals bear this name

1: English: usually from the Middle English and Old French personal name Col(e) Coll(e) Coul(e) a pet form of Nicol (see [[[Nichol]]] and [[[Nicholas]]]) a common personal name from the mid 13th century onward. English families with this name migrated to Scotland and to Ulster (especially...

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