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