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Coen (name)

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Coen is a personal name of several origins. It exists as a masculine given name, and as a surname.

Surname

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As a surname it may be a variant of McCown, a derivative of the two Irish surnames O'Cadhain (of Connacht) and O'Comhdhain (of Ulster),[1] it could be a Spanish or Italian variant of the Hebrew name Cohen meaning "priest", or it may be a Dutch patronym (see "Given name" below).[2]

Coen and Levy are "Gaelic Irish surname(s) which have a foreign appearance but are nevertheless rarely if ever found indigenous outside Ireland" according to Edward MacLysaght.[3]

People with this surname include:

Given name

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The Dutch given name Coen (pronounced /kun/) is, like Koen, a short form of Coenraad/Koenraad, equivalent to the English Conrad.[4] People with this given name include:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Last name:Coen, surnamedb.com. Retrieved 15 May 2013
  2. ^ Coen at the Dutch surname database
  3. ^ MacLysaght, Edward (1957). Irish Families: Their Names, Arms and Origins. Dublin: Hodges Figgis & Co Ltd. p. 310.
  4. ^ Coen at the Dutch given name database.