Cohen: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “priest”
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- KOH-ən · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (98% of all uses)
From Hebrew kohen, meaning 'priest.' It is historically a Jewish hereditary surname denoting priestly lineage and is only recently used as a given name in English-speaking contexts.
How popular is Cohen?
Babies named Cohen in 20241,500
2024 rank#239 boys
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 188021,796
Cohen is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Cohen
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Cohen questions
What does the name Cohen mean?
Cohen means "priest". It comes from Hebrew. From Hebrew kohen, meaning 'priest.' It is historically a Jewish hereditary surname denoting priestly lineage and is only recently used as a given name in English-speaking contexts.
Is Cohen a boy or girl name?
Cohen is mainly a boy's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Cohen?
1,500 US babies were named Cohen in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Cohen?
Cohen is usually pronounced KOH-ən.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.