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Cohen

/ˈkoʊən/ · name

Meaning

  1. A surname from Hebrew. The most popular Jewish surname.
  2. A Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest Aaron, brother of Moses.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Etymology / origin

From Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohén, “cohen”).

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