Coen
Coen is a personal name of several origins. It exists as a masculine given name, and as a surname.
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] People with this surname include:
- Andy Coen (born 1964), American football coach
- Bill Coen (born 1961), American basketball coach
- Coen brothers, Joel (born 1954) and Ethan (born 1957), American filmmakers
- Colin Coen (born 1958), Irish hurler
- Darren Coen, rugby league footballer of the 1980s
- Eleanor Coen (1916–2010), American painter
- Enrico Coen (born 1957), British plant biologist
- Guido Coen (1915–2010), Italian-born British film producer
- Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587–1629), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
- Joe Coen, Scottish footballer
- Johnny Coen (born 1991), Irish hurler
- Kevin Coen (1947–1975), Irish Republican Army member
- Mario Pirani Coen (1925–2015), Italian journalist
- Martin Coen (1933–1997), Irish priest
- Noreen Coen (born 1993), Irish camogie player
- Séamus Coen (born 1958), Irish hurler
- Shunter Coen (1902–1967), South African cricketer
- Wilbur Coen (1911–1998), American tennis player
Given name
The Dutch given name Coen (pronounced /kun/) is, like Koen, a short form of Coenraad/Koenraad, equivalent to the English Conrad.[3] Coen is also an aboriginal Australian name meaning thunder. People with this given name include:
- Coen Cuser, 14th-century Dutch knight who founded a house for the poor
- Coen Dillen (1926–1990), Dutch footballer
- Coen Flink (1932–2000), Dutch actor
- Coen Gortemaker (born 1994), Dutch footballer
- Coen Hissink (1878–1942), Dutch silent film actor
- Coen Janssen (born 1983), Dutch keyboardist of the band Epica
- Coen de Koning (1879–1954), Dutch speed skater
- Coen Maertzdorf (born 1993), Dutch footballer
- Coen Moulijn (1937–2011), Dutch footballer
- Coen Ooft (1920–2006), Surinamese juror, politician and writer
- Coen van Oven (1883–1963), Dutch painter
- Coen Teulings (born 1958), Dutch economist
- Coen Verbraak (born 1965), Dutch journalist and television producer
- Coen Vermeltfoort (born 1988), Dutch racing cyclist
- Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh (1950–1997), Dutch actor and musician
- Coen Zuidema (born 1942), Dutch chess player
- Coen Hess (born 1996), Australian rugby footballer
- Coen Pross (born 1988), American golfer
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See also
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- Koen
- Coenen
- Cohen (surname)
- Cohen (disambiguation)
- Cohn
- Cowen (disambiguation)
- Kohen
References
- Last name:Coen, surnamedb.com. Retrieved 15 May 2013
- Coen at the Dutch surname database
- Coen at the Dutch given name database.
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