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Cohen name meaning

First Name
15k
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
89k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Cohen mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Cohen

User Submitted Origins

Hebrew
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User Submitted Meanings

  1. 2 submissions from French Polynesia and the United States agree the name Cohen means "Priest" and is of Hebrew origin.
  2. According to a user from Colorado, U.S., the name Cohen means "brave".
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Wiktionary

From Hebrew כֹּהֵן‎ (kohén, “cohen”).

  1. A surname​. The most popular Jewish surname.
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Notable Persons Named Cohen

Notable Persons Named Cohen

Cohen

Cohen was born in 1887. He left this life in 1957.

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Cohen Griffith

Cohen Griffith is a soccer player for the Bath City F.C., Wigston Fields F.C., Houghton Rangers F.C., Leicester United F.C., Kettering Town F.C., Cardiff City F.C., Barry Town United F.C., Weston-super-Mare A.F.C., Merthyr Tydfil F.C., and Rhayader Town F.C. Cohen was born on December 26th, 1962 in Georgetown, Guyana.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Cohen

Notable Persons With the Last Name Cohen

Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Baron Cohen is a character comedy, black comedy, cringe comedy, physical comedy, and satire comedian. Sacha was given the name Sacha Noam Baron Cohen on October 13th, 1971 in Hammersmith, London, England.

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Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen is a folk music, folk rock, soft rock, and spoken word musician. His ongoing career started in 1956. Leonard was given the name Leonard Norman Cohen on September 21st, 1934 in Westmount, Quebec, Canada.

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Cass Elliot

Cass was given the name Ellen Naomi Cohen on September 19th, 1941 in Baltimore. She passed away on July 29th, 1974.

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Rodney Dangerfield

Rodney Dangerfield was a stand-up comedian and actor. He was most prominent from 1940 to 1949. Rodney was given the name Jacob Rodney Cohen on November 22nd, 1921 in Deer Park, New York, U.S. He left this life on October 5th, 2004.

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Emory Cohen

Emory Cohen is an actor. He has been prominent since 2008. Emory was given the name Emory Isaac Cohen on March 13th, 1990 in Manhattan.

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Mickey Cohen

Mickey Cohen was a mobster. He holds the title King of Los Angeles". Mickey was given the name Meyer Harris Cohen on September 4th, 1913 in Brooklyn. He passed away on July 29th, 1976.

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  • Andy Cohen
    Talk Show Host
  • Howard Cosell
    Journalist
  • William Cohen
    Congressman
  • Ben Cohen
    Rugby Player
  • Lyor Cohen
    Chief Executive Officer
  • Mayer Hawthorne
    Singer
  • Sasha Cohen
    Figure Skater
  • Sharon Cohen
    Singer-songwriter
  • David X. Cohen
    Writer
  • Nathalia Ramos
    Actress
  • George Cohen
    Soccer Player
  • Yossi Cohen
    National Security Advisor
  • Steve Cohen
    Congressman
  • Alma Cogan
    Musician

Common last names for Cohen

Common first names for Cohen

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Cohen U.S.
█  White 88.89% 64.26%
█  African American 5.97% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.66% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.11% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 1.08% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 3.29% 16.26%

Of Last Name Cohen

People with the last name Cohen are most frequently White

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Fun Facts about the name Cohen

  • What name lists does Cohen rank for?
    #351Popular Surnames
    #93Modern Boy Names
    #50Unique Boy Names
  • How Popular is the name Cohen? Cohen is the 2,033rd most popular name of all time. As a last name Cohen was the 351st most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Cohen have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 15,090 babies born with the first name Cohen in the United States. That's more than enough people named Cohen to occupy the territory of Wallis and Futuna (France) with an estimated population of 13,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Cohen? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1912 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  • When was Cohen first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Cohen is Wednesday, February 12th, 1879.
  • What year had the most people named Cohen born? The highest recorded use of the first name Cohen was in 2019 with a total of 1,124 babies. That's a lot of babies named Cohen!
  • Random Cohen Factoid: According to the 2012 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Cohen ranks 100th in popularity as a baby boy's name in Louisiana. Imagine that, 60 babies in Louisiana have the same name in 2012.
  • Weird things about the name Cohen: The name spelled backwards is Nehoc. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Ocnhe. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Cohen? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 89,091 people with the last name Cohen.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Cohen? Cohen was ranked as the 351st most popular last name but is still less than 0.1% of the population!
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