Origin of the name Cooper:
Transferred use of the English surname that originated as an occupational name for a cooper, a cask or barrel maker or seller. It is derived from the Middle English couper (a cask). Short: Coop.
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My first son's name is Cooper. I still love the name.
when I was pregnant, my niece (2 at the time) called him Pooker for a long time. We loved it, and still occasionally refer to him as Pooker.
Im actually considering the name Cooper for a girl.
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My son is named Cooper. We love it...just uncommon enough. I am pregnant and we want a similar name for the next baby. We are considering Avery for a boy.
My dad had a mate who worked for the police named Cooper, so he was Cooper the Copper haha
My son is named Cooper and he is 11. We live in a very small Rural community (4000 in our town and maybe 20,000 combined in all 5 surrounding towns) and since he was born there have been 7 other babies in our area named Cooper...it's becoming quite popular in our little area. We named him after a friend in college who's last name was Cooper and we always called Coop. Now we call our son Coop, but when he's playing baseball he's frequently called Super Coop, or Super Scooper Cooper...because he's a great 3rd baseman and Pitcher.
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Coop, Coops, Coopey, Super Cooper, Coop-man
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Dr. Cooper from Private Practice is awesome. :)
Dr. Cooper "Coop": character on Nurse Jackie
NameVoyager US Popularity of Cooper Over Time
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Global Popularity of the Name Cooper
- #5 in Australia (New South Wales)
- #9 in Australia (Victoria)
- #77 in Canada (Alberta)
- #92 in United States
- #95 in Canada (British Columbia)
- #195 in Scotland
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