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[ohhowlovely.livejournal.com]

So my boyfriend LOVES the name Cole for our soon-to-be son. (After Joe Cole, the soccer player)
I like it, but it just seems not complete for me.. like it should be a nickname for another name.

I'm trying to find names where Cole can be the nickname.

So far we've come across:

Colton - he hates this name
Colby - I love it, but it might be kinda wimpy

Are there any other names that you guys can think of?

TIA

Comments

[herpickleness.livejournal.com]

colden
collin
collier (love it)

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Nicholas

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Colin? Or Nicholas. It's kind of a stretch, but if you give him a full name like Nicholas, and introduce him to everyone as Cole, people will probably call him Cole. Or you could just use Cole, it's a pretty decent name on its own.

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

I can't think of any others that no one else has said. But what about Cole for a middle name?

[ohhowlovely.livejournal.com]

Thats true. My boyfriends last name is Young, so his name would be Cole Young.
I don't know why it just seems incomplete to me.

[ohhowlovely.livejournal.com]

I haven't thought about that one, thanks

[ohhowlovely.livejournal.com]

I like colden and collin, how are you pronouncing Collier?

[ohhowlovely.livejournal.com]

Good call..we were thinking Hunter for a middle name, although my opinion changes everyday. I only have 3 more months to figure it out! Stressful

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Colman/Coleman
Colmar
Colby

Lincoln...? Maybe that's too much of a stretch ;)

[ohhowlovely.livejournal.com]

ah.. the hottest guy at my high school was named Lincoln (Link).. so I don't know if the boy would go for that.. haha

[singhappy02.livejournal.com]

In my experience it's either cawl-yer or Collie-er (like the dog breed with an R), the first being how I've heard it pronounced around my very southern home town

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Nicholas.

I know it seems like a stretch, but I know a ton of Nicholases who go by Cole. And it's a nice, classic name that doesn't sound super trendy like Colton and Colby, and, unlike those names, it grows up well.

Another possibility: Colson?

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

I think I actually prefer Cole on its own, to be honest.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Coltrane, after the jazz musician. :)

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

I can only think of Nicholas, since I had a teacher who has a son named that but called Cole.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Definitely Nicholas or Colin. Don't really like Colby (it's a cheese!), Colton, etc.

My second grade teacher's last names was Colson. She gave her kid a really nice name, like... Alexander David or something, then called him Cole. I always thought that was dumb.

[wolf-shadow.livejournal.com]

Nicholas? Was originally shortened to Colin, Col and Cole...

[onemorefool.livejournal.com]

My uncle's middle name is Coleman...it always reminds me of camping gear.

[lilsayermonster.livejournal.com]

Nicholas and Colden were all I could think of. I think Cole is a great name or nickname though, just my 2 cents.

[lilsayermonster.livejournal.com]

Oh and congrats!

[ohhowlovely.livejournal.com]

Thanks :-)
My sister thinks that Cole sounds too much like Nat King Cole... and she thinks of an old man when she hears it... just another reason to keep names a secret from outspoken family members.

[ohhowlovely.livejournal.com]

it reminds me of Gary

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I love Cole as is.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i agree that cole is too short! i really like the idea of having it as a nickname for nicholas.

colby is definitely too wimpy!! drives me crazy when i meet little boys named cody or colby or something like that. i always think 'yea its cute, but how cute is it going to be when he is 17/40/65? poor things.

[orbg.livejournal.com]

I like Cole by itself =D I only know 1 little boy with that name and I love it. He's a little hellion.