Coen

Coen can be a masculine given name, a surname or a place name.

Coen is also an aboriginal Australian name meaning thunder.

Surname

As a surname it may be 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] People with this surname include:

Given name

The Dutch given name Coen (pronounced /kun/) is, like Koen, a short form of Coenraad/Koenraad, equivalent to the English Conrad.[3] People with this name include:

Places

See also

References

  1. Last name:Coen, surnamedb.com. Retrieved 15 May 2013
  2. Coen at the Dutch surname database
  3. Coen at the Dutch given name database.


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