Show ContentsCooling History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Irish names tend to vary widely in their spelling and overall form. The original Gaelic form of the name Cooling is Mac Giolla Chuille. Cuille has been suggested to be an abbreviation of Mochuille, the name of a saint. However, other origins also exist for this name.

Early Origins of the Cooling family

The surname Cooling was first found in Ulster (Irish: Ulaidh), where they held a family seat from very ancient times.

Early History of the Cooling family

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Cooling Spelling Variations

In the many years before the invention of the printing press and the first dictionaries, names and other words were spelled according to sound, often differently with each person who wrote them. Spelling variations of Cooling include Cooley, Cooling, Cowley, Cully, Colly, McCooley, Coaley, Coolyng, Couley, Colley, McCowley, Cooleng, McCoolay, Coolay, Collay, Cullay, Cowleigh, Culleigh and many more.

Early Notables of the Cooling family

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United States Cooling migration to the United States +

In many cases, the ancestors of many of these Boernician-Scottish people are just now learning of their Scottish heritage. Since the trip was so arduous, and many were fleeing from poverty itself, settlers brought little with them and often had nothing of their personal history to hand down to their children. Clan societies and highland games have helped to correct this problem in the 20th century. Early immigration records have shown some of the first Coolings to arrive on North American shores:

Cooling Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Edgar N. Cooling, aged 25, arrived in New York City, New York, N.Y. in 1919 aboard the ship "Tennyson" from London, England 1
  • John Cooling, aged 15, arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Dacre Castle" from Newcastle-on-Tyne, England 1
  • Edward Cooling, aged 26, arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Tennyson" from Santos, Brazil 1
  • John Cooling, aged 22, originally from Dublin, Ireland, arrived in New York, New York in 1920 from Antwerp, Belgium 1

Canada Cooling migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cooling Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • James Cooling, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1749

Australia Cooling migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Cooling Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century


  1. Ellis Island Search retrieved 15th November 2022. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result
  2. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 20th October 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/eden


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