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American film era (1920s–1930s)
Pre-Code Hollywood was an era in the American film industry that occurred between the widespread adoption of sound in film in the late 1920s and the enforcement
Pre-Code_Hollywood
U.S. film studio self-censorship rules (1930–1967)
List of pre-Code films PMRC, a similar group, which sought to control musical content with the Parental Advisory sticker Pre-Code Hollywood Pre-Code crime
Hays_Code
Film genre popular before The Hays Code
Pre-Code sex films refers to movies made in the Pre-Code Hollywood era, roughly encompassed between either the introduction of sound in the late 1920s
Pre-Code_sex_films
Pre-Code Hollywood is the era in the American film industry after the introduction of sound (talkies) in the early 1920s and the enforcement of the Motion
List_of_pre-Code_films
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up pre-Code or precode in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pre-code may refer to: Pre-Code Hollywood (1927–1934), the American film industry between
Pre-code
Film genre popular before The Hays Code
the early sound era to the enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934 is denoted as Pre-Code Hollywood. The era contained violence and crime in pictures which
Pre-Code_crime_films
Canadian-American actress (1902–1983)
biography by Gavin Lambert. Next came Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood by Mick LaSalle, film critic at the San Francisco Chronicle. Mark
Norma_Shearer
1933 film by Alfred E. Green
notorious films of the Pre-Code Hollywood era and helped bring the era to a close; beginning in 1934, enforcement of the code became stricter. Mark A
Baby_Face_(film)
Broadway and Hollywood actor (1894–1948)
and screen actor, who achieved Hollywood stardom during the early 1930s. Later earning the nickname the "King of Pre-Code", he typified the cunning, often-amoral
Warren_William
Norwegian actor (1909–1955)
glamour in Paris, London, and Pre-Code Hollywood. After a decade of performing in major European cabarets and Pre-Code Hollywood, he served as a decorated
Paal_Roschberg
British actor (1873–1937)
War I, he became a noted actor in theater and then subsequently in pre-code Hollywood. He is known mainly for his roles playing authority figures, such
Guy_Standing_(actor)
1933 film by Rouben Mamoulian
Queen Christina is a pre-Code Hollywood biographical film, produced for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1933 by Walter Wanger and directed by Rouben Mamoulian.
Queen_Christina_(film)
that the Code, lacking an aggressive enforcement body, was unable to redress. This era is known as Pre-Code Hollywood. An amendment to the Code, adopted
Film censorship in the United States
Film_censorship_in_the_United_States
Norwegian actor (1909–1967)
twin brother, Paal, he headlined major revues in Paris, London, and Pre-Code Hollywood. Leif was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, into a socially prominent
Leif_Roschberg
1933 film by Mervyn LeRoy, Busby Berkeley
Gold Diggers of 1933 is an American pre-Code musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, with songs by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics). The film's
Gold_Diggers_of_1933
provocative films and lurid advertising of the era later classified Pre-Code Hollywood—threatened a boycott of motion pictures if it did not go into effect
Cinema_of_the_United_States
1931 American drama film
Mata Hari is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice loosely based on the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and courtesan
Mata_Hari_(1931_film)
2022 television documentary series
conflict themes; the second considers Pre-Code Hollywood and films made in the early years of the Production Code Administration, especially work by F
Queer_for_Fear
American film critic
1959) is an American film critic and the author of two books on pre-Code Hollywood. Up to December 2025, he had written approximately 5,000 reviews for
Mick_LaSalle
Chinese-born American fashion designer
dressmaking of romantic eras such as Weimar Berlin, 1930s Shanghai, pre-code Hollywood, and Manhattan’s gilded Jazz Age. She owns Sue Wong Universe, based
Sue_Wong
Swimming without clothing
ISBN 978-0-8131-2610-4. Vieira, Mark A. (1999), Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood, New York: Harry N. Abrams, p. 180, ISBN 0-8109-4475-8 Schaefer, Eric
Nude_swimming
American actress (1911–1937)
leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the pre-Code era of American cinema. Often nicknamed the "Blonde Bombshell" and the
Jean_Harlow
American actor (1882–1956)
whose career spanned seventeen years from 1925 to 1942. A star of pre-Code Hollywood, he is best known as the tough guy lead in four Josef von Sternberg
George_Bancroft_(actor)
1931 film
regarded as risqué enough to appear in at least one collection of pre-Code Hollywood films. Sir Gerald Courtney is an aristocrat whose son, Russell, prefers
The_Lady_Refuses
1933 American film directed by Alexander Hall
1933). It was released on DVD (as part of a six disc set entitled "Pre-Code Hollywood Collection") on April 7, 2009, and by itself on August 5, 2014. Sally
Torch_Singer
1932 American horror film by Tod Browning
Monster Story, Forbidden Love, and Nature's Mistakes) is a 1932 American pre-Code drama horror film produced and directed by Tod Browning, starring Wallace
Freaks_(1932_film)
1932 film by Howard Hawks
The Shame of the Nation and The Shame of a Nation) is a 1932 American pre-Code gangster action film directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Hawks and
Scarface_(1932_film)
English actress (1908–1990)
(1931), and over the next few years appeared in several British and (pre-Code) Hollywood films, including Thirteen Women (1932). She also appeared in two
Jill_Esmond
American stage and film actor (1901–1961)
was an American stage and film actor who had a prolific career in pre-Code Hollywood films and on Broadway. Cook is perhaps best known for his film roles
Donald_Cook_(actor)
1934 film by Mitchell Leisen
Michael It was released on DVD (as part of a six-disc set entitled "Pre-Code Hollywood Collection") on April 7, 2009. Jack Ellery is staging a lavish musical
Murder_at_the_Vanities
1930 film
sensationalistic titles of many Pre-Code films. It was marketed with the tagline "The picture Gangland defied Hollywood to make!" Louie Ricarno, the “Napoleon
The_Doorway_to_Hell
Defunct American moral pressure group
Press 2007 ISBN 978-0-8262-1749-3, page 151 Doherty, Thomas Patrick. Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930-1934. New
National_Legion_of_Decency
1930 film
Hell's Angels is a 1930 American pre-Code independent epic war film directed and produced by Howard Hughes, with dialogue directed by James Whale. Written
Hell's_Angels_(film)
1934 film by John Cromwell
George Brent and Paul Henreid." Vieira, Mark A., Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1999; ISBN 0-8109-4475-8, pg. 175
Of_Human_Bondage_(1934_film)
Musical artist
Night Music 2018: Sleepwalking 2020: After the Curtains Close 2023: Pre-Code Hollywood 2011: co-producer on Lil Golden Book by Princess Chelsea 2015: co-producer
Jonathan_Bree
American actor (1883–1930)
ISBN 978-0-7864-3447-3. LaSalle, Mick. Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press, 2000
Lon_Chaney
1932 American film
Shanghai Express is a 1932 American pre-Code film about a group of train passengers held hostage by a warlord during the Chinese Civil War. It was directed
Shanghai_Express_(film)
1931 film by James Whale
Frankenstein is a 1931 American pre-Code horror film directed by James Whale and produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.. It is adapted from the 1927 play Frankenstein:
Frankenstein_(1931_film)
American actress (1893–1980)
ISBN 978-1-55862-405-4. West 1997, p. 24. Doherty, Thomas Patrick (1999). Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930–1934.
Mae_West
American actress (1904?–1977)
ISBN 0-9822313-0-X. LaSalle, Mick (2000). Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood. New York, Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-25207-2
Joan_Crawford
Visual art depiction of female-female sexuality
(1931). By the mid-1930s, the Hays Code banned any homosexual themes in Hollywood-made films and several pre-Code films had to be cut to be re-released
Lesbian_erotica
1933 film
International House is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Peggy Hopkins Joyce and W. C. Fields, directed by A. Edward Sutherland and released
International_House_(film)
1932 film
The Sign of the Cross is a 1932 American pre-Code epic historical drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and released by Paramount Pictures
The Sign of the Cross (1932 film)
The_Sign_of_the_Cross_(1932_film)
American trade organization
Association of Theatre Owners Operation Red Card Pre-Code Pre-Code Hollywood United States Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 Johnson, Ted (September 18, 2019)
Motion_Picture_Association
1932 film
Red Dust is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming, and starring Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, and Mary Astor. It is based
Red_Dust_(1932_film)
1931 film
Little Caesar is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, and starring Edward G. Robinson, Douglas
Little_Caesar_(film)
Method of film production
portal 1920s portal 1930s portal 1940s portal Classical Hollywood cinema Hays Code Pre-Code Hollywood Financial analysis based on Finler (1988), pp. 286–287
Studio_system
Visual representations of the nude human form
restrictions are often ignored. Myrna Loy in The Barbarian (1933), a pre-Code Hollywood production Ulla Jacobsson and Folke Sundquist in the 1951 film Hon
Depictions_of_nudity
American actress (1905–1965)
via Internet Archive. Vieira, Mark A. (2003). Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood. New York: Abradale. ISBN 0-8109-8228-5. Clara Bow at Wikipedia's
Clara_Bow
Province in Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
University Press, 2003 ISBN 0-674-01137-6, p. 111. Doherty, Thomas Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930–1934,
Bali
Certain types of human sexual activity as alternative to a romantic relationship
of the flapper lifestyle. The emerging movie industry, through the Pre-Code Hollywood era, furthered the rebellion against Victorian-era morals as films
Casual_sex
American guitarist (born 1952)
(2022) Legendaddy — Daddy Yankee (2022) "Passion" — Roosevelt (2022) Pre-Code Hollywood — Jonathan Bree (2023) Unforgiven — LE SSERAFIM (2023) "Unforgiven
Nile_Rodgers
1934 American film
almost eighty years.[citation needed] 'Notes Doherty, Thomas Patrick. Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930-1934. New
Hitler's_Reign_of_Terror
American film and TV actress (1902–1972)
her charm and wit as a beautiful and jealous pickpocket. During the pre-code Hollywood of the early 1930s, she appeared in The Smiling Lieutenant, The Story
Miriam_Hopkins
1929 film by Sam Taylor
Coquette is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Sam Taylor and starring Mary Pickford, who won the second Academy Award for Best Actress for
Coquette_(film)
Scottish alleged murderer (1835–1928)
that Crawford's character is never charged and, in an example of pre-code Hollywood, gets away with murder. The film was not available due to a suit filed
Madeleine_Smith
American photographer
in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 9780810944756 – via Google Books. Press, Ivy (June 3, 2006). The Lost Hollywood Collection Featuring
Kenneth Alexander (photographer)
Kenneth_Alexander_(photographer)
American film by Tod Browning
Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code vampire film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning from a screenplay written by Garrett Fort and starring Bela Lugosi
Dracula (1931 English-language film)
Dracula_(1931_English-language_film)
Early history of the American film studio
195 Sarris 1998, p. 26 Doherty, Thomas Patrick (August 15, 1999). Pre-code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema. New York City:
History of Warner Bros. Pictures
History_of_Warner_Bros._Pictures
American actress (1913–2006)
25, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. "Marian Marsh – The Squeaky Star". Pre-Code Hollywood. October 19, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2023. Marsh, Marian (October
Marian_Marsh
1933 Pre-Code adventure horror monster film by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack
King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure horror monster film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, with special effects
King_Kong_(1933_film)
American actor (1894–1931)
Tribune. November 5, 1931. p. 2. LaSalle, Mick (2002). Dangerous Ben: Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man. Macmillan. pp. 123. ISBN 0-312-28311-3
Robert Williams (actor, born 1894)
Robert_Williams_(actor,_born_1894)
City in California, United States
or partially set in Santa Barbara, including: What Price Hollywood?, a 1932 pre-Code Hollywood drama Steal Big Steal Little, a 1995 American comedy A Date
Santa_Barbara,_California
1930 American documentary film
on July 7, 2015. Goona-goona epic Doherty, Thomas Patrick (1999). Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930–1934. New
Africa_Speaks!
1934 film by Jack Conway, Cedric Gibbons
Tarzan and His Mate is a 1934 American pre-Code action adventure film based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Directed by Cedric
Tarzan_and_His_Mate
1929 film
by William A. Clayton, Jr. and Bessie Givens. The film was made in Pre-Code Hollywood. The film is presumed lost, as there is no known surviving footage
The_Wages_of_Sin_(1929_film)
Opposition to fascism
98–104 Seidman (2017), pp. 130–153 Doherty, Thomas Patrick (1999). Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930–1934.
Anti-fascism
American film and distribution company
New York: Wayne State U.P. ISBN 1557836248. Doherty, Thomas (1999). Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930–1934.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1940 film by Howard Hawks
stole my watch!", because films of the time were more censored than Pre-Code Hollywood films, and Hawks felt that the line was too overused. Ryskind developed
His_Girl_Friday
1930 film
Ingagi is a 1930 pre-Code pseudo-documentary exploitation film directed by William S. Campbell. It purports to be a documentary about "Sir Hubert Winstead"
Ingagi
1925 comic novel by Anita Loos
City. p. 17. Retrieved February 2, 2019. Doherty, Thomas (1999). Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930-1934. New
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel)
Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes_(novel)
1932 film
Merrily We Go to Hell is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film directed by Dorothy Arzner for Paramount Pictures, starring Sylvia Sidney
Merrily_We_Go_to_Hell
1933 film by Stephen Roberts
The Story of Temple Drake is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stephen Roberts and starring Miriam Hopkins and Jack La Rue. It tells the
The_Story_of_Temple_Drake
1933 film by Busby Berkeley, George Amy
She Had To Say Yes is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Amy and Busby Berkeley. It was Berkley's directorial debut. Loretta Young
She_Had_to_Say_Yes
Film censorship in the United States Doherty, Thomas Patrick (1999). Pre-code Hollywood: sex, immorality, and insurrection in American cinema, 1930 - 1934
List of films banned in the United States
List_of_films_banned_in_the_United_States
1934 film by Erle C. Kenton
Search for Beauty is a 1934 American pre-Code dramedy film with some musical athletic sequences in the style of Busby Berkeley. It was directed by Erle
Search_for_Beauty
1932 film
Hollywood Luck is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Fatty Arbuckle. Virginia Brooks Rita Flynn Betty Grable (as Frances Dean) Clarence Nordstrom
Hollywood_Luck
American author (born 1981)
Carraway. Vo's second novel, Siren Queen, an urban fantasy set in pre-Code Hollywood, was released in May 2022. The Empress of Salt and Fortune (2020)
Nghi_Vo
1936 film by Roy Del Ruth
Classic Movies called Loretta Young "gorgeously lit", and mourned the pre-Code Hollywood era from three years earlier. Another review says: "A dated film that's
Private_Number_(1936_film)
American actress (1874–1973)
Cinema Returns! The Film Detective Dedicates the Month of May to Pre-Code Hollywood". www.prnewswire.com. "Wizard of Oz's Auntie Em, actress Mary Carr
Mary_Carr
American film censor
ISBN 978-0-231-51284-8 – via Google Books. Doherty, Thomas Patrick. Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930-1934. New
Joseph_Breen
1932 pre-Code drama film
Call Her Savage (also known as Red Headed Savage), is a 1932 pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon. The film was based on the book of the
Call_Her_Savage
American radio broadcaster (1888–1942)
Publishing LLC. p. 29. ISBN 1-58261-498-9. Doherty, Thomas Patrick (1999). Pre-code Hollywood: sex, immorality, and insurrection in American cinema, 1930-1934.
Graham_McNamee
1933 film by Edward L. Cahn
pre-Code drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Pat O'Brien. The film's title was typical of the sensationalistic titles of many Pre-Code
Laughter_in_Hell
1934 film by Busby Berkeley, Ray Enright
Nominated Busby Berkeley using alternate takes to circumvent censorship Pre-Code Hollywood Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger.
Dames_(film)
1932 film directed by William A. Seiter
Hot Saturday is a 1932 American pre-Code "programmer" drama film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Cary Grant, Nancy Carroll, and Randolph Scott
Hot_Saturday
American actor (1902–1996)
PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD". Though his American father was of Scottish descent, Talbot did have Irish heritage. Lyle's maternal grandmother Mary Hollywood Talbot
Lyle_Talbot
British writer, political activist, and film critic (1911–1973)
Harper & Brothers – via Internet Archive. Doherty, Thomas (1999). Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in America Cinema 1930–1934. Columbia
Jean_Ross
1929 film
The Hollywood Revue of 1929, or simply The Hollywood Revue, is a 1929 American pre-Code musical comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was the
The_Hollywood_Revue
Marx Brothers film by Leo McCarey
Duck Soup is a 1933 American pre-Code musical comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby (with additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin)
Duck_Soup
1931 film by Fatty Arbuckle
Crashing Hollywood is a 1931 American pre-Code short comedy film directed by Fatty Arbuckle. The film is a sequel to Three Hollywood Girls (1930). A farm
Crashing Hollywood (1931 film)
Crashing_Hollywood_(1931_film)
American filmmaker and actor (1881–1959)
Birth of Corporate Hollywood. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813122021. Doherty, Thomas (1999). Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality
Cecil_B._DeMille
1929 film
Manchu Love is a 1929 American pre-code Hollywood Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short silent historical fiction film short in two-color Technicolor. The film features
Manchu_Love
1934 American drama film directed by Alan Crosland
Massacre is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alan Crosland. The film stars Richard Barthelmess and Ann Dvorak as its Native American protagonists
Massacre_(1934_film)
1932 film
The Mouthpiece is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film starring Warren William and directed by James Flood and Elliott Nugent. It was produced and
The_Mouthpiece
1933 animated short film directed by Burt Gillett
Turner Publishing. ISBN 978-1878685490. Doherty, Thomas (1999). Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-34. New
Three_Little_Pigs_(film)
1924 film by Henry Otto
scenes in hell tinted in red. Nudity in film Pre-Code Hollywood Bond, Jeremy (2009). "Dante's Inferno: Pre-Code Decadence Falls to the Flames". In New England
Dante's_Inferno_(1924_film)
Day of the year
Chambers. pp. 256–257. ISBN 0550100830. Doherty, Thomas (1999). Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-34. New
May_25
Version of gangster film
Hollywood Mafia: What Martin Scorsese has always got wrong about life in the Mob". The Independent. 1 November 2019. Doherty, Thomas (1999). Pre-Code
Mafia_film
German–American actor (1892–1981)
citation needed] "La bascule | BnF / CNAC". "Get That Girl (1932) PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD". 3 November 2013 – via PizzaFlix Youtube channel. Wikimedia Commons
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a maker of purses and bags, from Middle English cod ‘bag’.English : nickname for a man noted for his apparent sexual prowess, from cod(piece), in Tudor times the garment worn prominently over the male genitals.English : from Middle English cod, the fish (of uncertain origin, perhaps a transferred use of 1), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or seller of these fish, or possibly as a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish in some way.Irish : variant of Cody.Irish (County Wexford) : from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Cod.
Surname or Lastname
Spanish and Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese : nickname from the title of rank conde ‘count’, a derivative of Latin comes, comitis ‘companion’.English : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : from a short form of any of the various Germanic personal names with the first element hrÅd ‘renown’. Compare Robert, Rudiger.North German, Danish, and English : topographic name for someone who lived on land cleared for cultivation or in a clearing in woodland, from Middle Low German rode, Danish rothe, Old English rod. Compare English Rhodes.English : habitational name from any of the many places named with this word, as for example Rode in Cheshire.Slovenian : topographic name from the adjective rod ‘barren’, denoting someone who lived on a barren land.Slovenian : nickname from the Slovenian dialect word rode ‘person with disheveled hair’, a derivative of rod ‘curly’ or ‘hairy’.
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Latin Petrus, PER means "rock, stone."
Female
Yiddish
(×”Ö¸×דֶע) Yiddish form for Hebrew Hadaccah, HODE means "myrtle tree."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Prue.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Beauty
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English pet form of Nicholas.English : from a Middle English personal name derived from the Old English byname Cola (from col ‘(char)coal’, presumably denoting someone of swarthy appearance), or the Old Norse cognate Koli.Scottish and Irish : when not of English origin, this is a reduced and altered form of McCool.In some cases, particularly in New England, Cole is a translation of the French surname Charbonneau.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kohl.An Irish family by the name of Cole was established in Fermanagh by Sir William Cole (1576–1653). He was the first Provost of Enniskillen, and his descendants became earls of Enniskillen. The family is thought to have originated in Devon or Cornwall.
Boy/Male
Indian
Prem Swarup
Surname or Lastname
English (common in the Midlands)
English (common in the Midlands) : from Middle English cope ‘cloak’, ‘cape’ (from Old English cÄp reinforced by the Old Norse cognate kápa), hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made cloaks or capes, or a nickname for someone who wore a distinctive one. Compare Cape.
Male
English
 English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English Cola, COLE means "black, coal." This name is also sometimes used as a pet form of Nicholas, meaning "victor of the people."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place named Cove, examples of which are found in Devon, Hampshire, and Suffolk, from Old English cofa ‘cove’, ‘bay’, ‘inlet’, also ‘shelter’, ‘hut’, or a topographic name with the same meaning.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Coad.
Male
Hindi/Indian
(पà¥à¤°à¥‡à¤®) Hindi name PREM means "love."
Surname or Lastname
French (Côte)
French (Côte) : topographic name for someone who lived on a slope or riverbank, less often on the coast, from Old French coste (Latin costa ‘rib’, ‘side’, ‘flank’, also used in a transferred topographical sense). There are several places in France named with this word, and the surname may also be a habitational name from any of these.English : topographic name from Middle English cote, cott ‘shelter’, ‘cottage’ (see Coates).
Girl/Female
Tamil
Code
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name, Cade, a survival of the Old English personal name or byname Cada, which is probably from a Germanic root meaning ‘lump’, ‘swelling’.English : metonymic occupational name for a cooper, from Middle English, Old French cade ‘cask’, ‘barrel’ (of Germanic origin, probably akin to the root mentioned in 1).English : nickname for a gentle or inoffensive person, from Middle English cade ‘domestic animal’, ‘pet’ (of unknown origin).French (Cadé) : topographic name from cade ‘juniper’ (from Latin catanus).Bearers of the name Caddé, from Amiens, were documented in Quebec city by 1670.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Kerala, Tamil
Hero
Girl/Female
Hindu
Code
Male
English
Variant spelling of English unisex Cody, CODIE means "helper."
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PRE CODE-HOLLYWOOD
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
Parvati; The Lord of Desires
Girl/Female
Australian, British, English
Prosperity; Battle
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Rural God
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Thorny Dike
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name from Old French fouuer, Latin focarius ‘hearth-keeper’.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Husband
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
Boy/Male
Biblical
A revenger.
Boy/Male
Muslim
From the battlefield
Boy/Male
Hindu
Favorite of the devotees
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v. t.
To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple.
n.
Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals.
n.
A collection or digest of laws; a code.
n.
Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scoriae around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form.
n.
The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject.
v. t.
To render cone-shaped; to bevel like the circular segment of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels.
p. p.
of Come
n.
Prevailing popular custom; fashion, especially in the phrase the mode.
v. t.
To carry through; to succeed in; as, you can't come any tricks here.
n.
A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
v. t.
To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
v. t.
To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.
v. i.
To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.
prep.
Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words.
n.
Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.
a.
Relating to a codex, or a code.
v. t.
To convert into coke.
n.
The scale as affected by the various positions in it of the minor intervals; as, the Dorian mode, the Ionic mode, etc., of ancient Greek music.
n.
The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square.