Kole

“Variant of Cole — Coal-black, swarthy” — Old English origin

Boy's name · #1247 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Kole reached its best rank, #587, in 2010 and ranked #1247 in 2025. Roughly 9,800 boys have been named Kole since 1969. Kole is the less common spelling of Cole — about 7% of babies given the name are written this way; Cole itself ranked #182 in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 6,500 boys in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 9,300 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 12,000 boys in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 25 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Koles

Kolë Idromeno — Albanian painter, sculptor, photographer, architect and engineer (1860-1939)
Kole Nedelkovski — writer from Macedonia (1912-1941)
Kolë Berisha — Albanian politician (1947-2021)
Kole Čašule — Macedonian writer and diplomat (1921-2009)
Kole Calhoun — baseball player

What Koles become

Among 56 notable people named Kole:

Artists & writers appear 2× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kolë Idromeno, Albanian painter, sculptor, photographer, architect and engineer (1860-1939).

Similar names: Rylee · Kolt · Axle · Landyn · Kolby · Kolten

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