Cools

This article is about the surname. For the singular, see cool (disambiguation).

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

• Alexander Cools ( 1941–2013), Dutch behavioral pharmacologist
• André Cools (1927–1991), Belgian socialist politician
• Anne Cools (born 1943), Canadian social worker
• Dion Cools (born 1996), Malaysian-Belgian footballer
• Frans Cools (1918–1999), Belgian cyclist
• Jens Cools (born 1990), Belgian football player
• Julien Cools (born 1947), Belgian football player
• Reginaldus Cools [it; nl] (1618–1706), Flemish Catholic bishop
• Roshan Cools (born 1975), Dutch neuroscientist
• Samantha Cools (born 1986), Canadian cyclist
• Sarah Cools (born 1997), Belgian volleyball player