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Help[Opinions] Re: Koen vs. Cohen
in reply to a message by countrygirl12
I am not sure how American families whose last name is spelled Koen usually pronounce it, but using the Dutch pronunciation for that name in the USA would be bound to cause some problems. The child would have to constantly be correcting people as to his name's pronunciation.
You could always use Cowan, which is pronounced almost the same way as Cohen.
It should be pointed out that though the great majority of people with the surname Cohen are of Jewish ancestry, Cohen is also an Irish surname with a completely different derivation. There are Irish families named Cohen who have no Jewish ancestry. So it's not really an exclusively Jewish name.
You could always use Cowan, which is pronounced almost the same way as Cohen.
It should be pointed out that though the great majority of people with the surname Cohen are of Jewish ancestry, Cohen is also an Irish surname with a completely different derivation. There are Irish families named Cohen who have no Jewish ancestry. So it's not really an exclusively Jewish name.
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