Coen (name)
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 and O'Comhdhain, it could be a Spanish or Italian variant of the Hebrew name Cohen meaning "priest", or it may be a Dutch patronym.Coen and Levy are "Gaelic Irish surname which have a foreign appearance but are nevertheless rarely if ever found indigenous outside Ireland" according to Edward MacLysaght.
People with this surname include:
- Andy Coen, American football coach
- Bill Coen, American basketball coach
- Colin Coen, Irish hurler
- Darren Coen, rugby league footballer of the 1980s
- Eleanor Coen, American painter
- Enrico Coen, British plant biologist
- Ethan Coen American screenwriter
- Guido Coen, Italian-born British film producer
- Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
- Joe Coen, Scottish footballer
- Joel Coen, American screenwriter
- Johnny Coen, Irish hurler
- Mario Pirani Coen, Italian journalist
- Martin Coen, Irish priest
- Noreen Coen, Irish camogie player
- Séamus Coen, Irish hurler
- Shunter Coen, South African cricketer
- Wilbur Coen, American tennis player
Given name
The Dutch given name Coen is, like Koen, a short form of Coenraad/Koenraad, equivalent to the English Conrad. People with this given name include:- Coen Cuser, 14th-century Dutch knight who founded a house for the poor
- Coen Dillen, Dutch footballer
- , Dutch actor
- Coen Gortemaker, Dutch footballer
- Coen Hemker, Dutch biochemist
- Coen Hess, Australian rugby footballer
- Coen Hissink, Dutch silent film actor
- , Dutch keyboardist of the band Epica
- Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater
- Coen Maertzdorf, Dutch footballer
- Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer
- , Surinamese juror, politician and writer
- Coen van Oven, Dutch painter
- Coen Teulings, Dutch economist
- Coen Verbraak, Dutch journalist and television producer
- Coen Vermeltfoort, Dutch racing cyclist
- Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh, Dutch actor and musician
- Coen Zuidema, Dutch chess player