Coen (name)
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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:
- Andy Coen (1964–2022), American football coach
- Bill Coen (born 1961), American basketball coach
- 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
- Ethan Coen (born 1957) American screenwriter
- 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
- Joel Coen (born 1954), American screenwriter
- Johnny Coen (born 1991), Irish hurler
- 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
