Kool (surname)

Kool is a Dutch patronymic surname. Kool is an archaic short form of the given name Nicolaas. Since "kool" means both "cabbage" and "coal" in modern Dutch, for some families the name could conceivably have originated as a metonymic occupational surname, referring to a cabbage farmer or seller, or coal worker. Among variant forms are Coolen, Cools, Koole, Koolen and Kools. People with the surname include:


 * Corien Kool (born 1959), Dutch CDA politician (married name: Corien Wortmann)
 * David Kool (born 1987), American college basketball player and coach
 * Eric Kool (born 1960), American biochemist
 * Molly Kool (1916–2009), North America's first registered female sea captain
 * Noah Kool (born 1962), Papua New Guinean politician
 * Ruud Kool (born 1969), Dutch football midfielder
 * Willem Gillisz Kool (1608–1666), Dutch landscape painter
 * Koole
 * Ricky Koole (born 1972), Dutch singer and film actress
 * (born 1953), Dutch political scientist and Labour Party chair 2001–05
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 * Cor Kools (1907–1985), Dutch football midfielder and manager
 * Mark Fidel Kools (born 1971), US Army soldier on death row for fragging