# Cools

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This article is about the surname. For the singular, see [cool (disambiguation)](/source/Cool_(disambiguation)).

**Cools** (ˈkoːls) is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) [patronymic surname](/source/Patronymic_surname) meaning "son of Cool", Cool being an archaic nickname for [Nicholas](/source/Nicholas).[1] The name is particularly prominent in the Belgian province of [Antwerp](/source/Antwerp_(province)).[2] People with the surname include:

- [Alexander Cools](/source/Alexander_Cools) (1941–2013), Dutch behavioral pharmacologist
- [André Cools](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Cools) (1927–1991), Belgian socialist politician
- [Anne Cools](/source/Anne_Cools) (born 1943), Canadian social worker
- [Dion Cools](/source/Dion_Cools) (born 1996), Malaysian-Belgian footballer
- [Frans Cools](/source/Frans_Cools) (1918–1999), Belgian cyclist
- [Jens Cools](/source/Jens_Cools) (born 1990), Belgian football player
- [Julien Cools](/source/Julien_Cools) (born 1947), Belgian football player
- [Reginaldus Cools](/source/Reginaldus_Cools) (1618–1706), Flemish Catholic bishop
- [Roshan Cools](/source/Roshan_Cools) (born 1975), Dutch neuroscientist
- [Samantha Cools](/source/Samantha_Cools) (born 1986), Canadian cyclist
- [Sarah Cools](/source/Sarah_Cools) (born 1997), Belgian volleyball player
- [Kobe Cools](/source/Kobe_Cools) (born 1997), Belgian footballer

## References

1. [Cools](http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Cools&nfd_naam=Cools&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal=) at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands

1. ["Familienaam.be - Geografische spreiding van familienamen in België"](https://web.archive.org/web/20191022195142/https://familienaam.be/). *www.familienaam.be*. Archived from [the original](http://www.familienaam.be/) on 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2013-08-29.

## See also

- [Cool (surname)](/source/Cool_(surname))
- [McCool](/source/McCool) (surname)

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