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"...observant Jews often take exception with the use of Cohen -- a surname and title indicating the hereditary priestly line -- as a first name." - Ask the Name Lady
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We just named our 4th boy Cohen. I'm a labor and delivery nurse, which makes it sometimes hard when it comes to naming a baby, especially when we've already used so many good boy names! We were thinking of "Owen" this last time around, but it was just getting too popular for my liking. As we were considering it, someone asked us what we thought we might name it if it were a boy, told them "Owen", and they thought we said "Cohen". We loved it so much, and I hadn't heard of it being used in my experiences at the hospital as a baby name, so we went with that! We love it!
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my sons name is cohen and we call him coco for short lol
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on the Oc, the main characters family name is Cohen. Their teenage son, his friends called him Cohen.
NameVoyager US Popularity of Cohen Over Time
NameMapper Current Popularity of Cohen by State
Global Popularity of the Name Cohen
- #64 in Canada (Alberta)
- #74 in Canada (British Columbia)
- #294 in Scotland
- #356 in United States
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Commentary on the name Cohen:
Surnames of the British Isles are a hot American name style. Surnames of Jewish tradition are not...except this one. Cohen is a surprising hit name, propelled by its simple, trendy sound (and by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen). Ironically, religious Jews consider Cohen inappropriate as a baby name; it's a title of the ancient priests of Israel and their descendents. Cowan is an unrelated Celtic surname.
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