Cohen

Where Cohen comes from

From Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohén, “cohen”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Cohen
  • 2 syllables
Cohen through the years
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,544 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1996
    Cohen Bramall born
    English association football player
  3. 2025
    Peak, #225
    1,590 babies named Cohen, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Cohen Bramall · English association football player, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.