Charcoal or cabbage
Cohl is a modern phonetic spelling variant of Cole. It likely derives from the Middle English 'col', meaning charcoal, used as a nickname for someone with dark hair or a dark complexion, or from the Germanic 'Cola', related to the word for cabbage.
Less common today
Cohl isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,744 in 2000.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Professional Canadian ice hockey player
