Coolen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkolən]) is a Dutch patronymic surname.[1] Variant forms are Colen, Kolen and Koolen. Cool and Kool are archaic short forms of the given name Nicolaas.[2][3] In Canada the name may also have evolved as a modern spelling of Coulon.[4]
Notable people with this surname include:
- Antoon Coolen (1897–1961), Dutch writer
- Coenrad Laurens Coolen (1773-?), Indonesian evangelist
- Jef Coolen (1944–2016), Belgian jazz trumpet player
- Louis Coolen (born 1952), Dutch football midfielder and manager
- Nadia Coolen (born 1994), Dutch football forward
- Nancy Coolen (born 1973), Dutch singer and television host
- Rini Coolen (born 1967), Dutch football defender and manager
- Tom Coolen (born 1953), Canadian ice hockey coach
- Yves Coolen (born 1995), Belgian cyclist
- Koolen
- Dionysius A.P.N. Koolen (1871–1945), Dutch politician, Minister of Labour, Trade and Industry 1925-26
- Kees Koolen (born 1965), Dutch rally raid racer and businessman
- Nicole Koolen (born 1972), Dutch field hockey player
- Roel Koolen (born 1982), Dutch baseball player
See also
- Ricky Koole (born 1972), Dutch singer and film actress
- Colen, surname and given name
- Coole (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Coolen
- All pages with titles containing Coolen
References
- ↑ Coolen at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
- ↑ Kool at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands.
- ↑ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the surname Coolen". Behind the Name. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ↑ "Nova Scotia's Montbeliard Names". web2.uwindsor.ca. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
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