Boy: Cohen Tate Girl: I like Canzady Laine (Can-za-dee) my husband likes Kimber Laine
Cohen is a bit of a loaded name and many people find it insensitive. You might want to reconsider.
Cohen is my maiden name - it's bizarre as a first name in my opinion
Are you jewish?
No I am not Jewish, I ran across it on Pinterest and just liked it, What do you mean by loaded? I seriously don't know of any negative's with the name Cohen? I'm confused....
I'm not the commenter who said it was loaded but they're right. Some jewish people will find the name offensive. The daily beast article (again) should clarify things for you.
Boy: Cohen Tate Girl: I like Canzady Laine (Can-za-dee) my husband likes Kimber Laine
Cohen is a bit of a loaded name and many people find it insensitive. You might want to reconsider.
Cohen is my maiden name - it's bizarre as a first name in my opinion
Are you jewish?
Enlighten me ... why exactly is this a loaded and insensitive name?
I love it. (Grabs popcorn) snarky comments about a name choice that in no way affects you. I mean really. A good friend of my husbands in law school was named Cohen. It is a beautiful name. Maybe she is Jewish. Maybe she is paying tribute to someone who was. Who cares. Adolf, that would be insensitive.
Plenty of Hispanic people name their children Jesus. No one gets worked up. Of course I understand the catholic faith is strong. Still. And better get used to it. Appears it is on a few countries top 100.
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You post your baby name ideas on the internet, get ready to be flamed. That's just how it works.
I don't care the people don't like it or have issues with it, I just wasn't aware it was offensive much less there was a whole article about it. Thanks for the information, probably won't change my mind but I did read it.
Boy: Cohen Tate Girl: I like Canzady Laine (Can-za-dee) my husband likes Kimber Laine
Cohen is a bit of a loaded name and many people find it insensitive. You might want to reconsider.
Cohen is my maiden name - it's bizarre as a first name in my opinion
Are you jewish?
No I am not Jewish, I ran across it on Pinterest and just liked it, What do you mean by loaded? I seriously don't know of any negative's with the name Cohen? I'm confused....
@inomniaparatus pretty much covered it. The name Cohen has a lot of meaning in the jewish faith as it denotes the priestly caste/lineage. If you're Jewish and you want to go with it, well then you know why other people might find it's use ignorant, but if you're not jewish and just thought it was cool, well, now you know how others might perceive it. Names are often our first impression we make on people, and with our increasingly globalized and connected world, it's important to keep other cultures and peoples in mind, so that we may be respectful of them.
As someone Jewish and from a Hispanic populated place, I don't think Cohen or Jesus or Mohammad are anything offensive at all. I know plenty of Jesus' and Mohammad's already. To me, it's as offensive as naming your children after yourself or you'd husband (junior or the III), or after a beloved family member (& religious icon). Who cares? A name is only as much as it means to you and your family (as long as the kid isn't made fun of too badly) in which case they'll develop thicker skin.
As someone Jewish and from a Hispanic populated place, I don't think Cohen or Jesus or Mohammad are anything offensive at all. I know plenty of Jesus' and Mohammad's already. To me, it's as offensive as naming your children after yourself or you'd husband (junior or the III), or after a beloved family member (& religious icon). Who cares? A name is only as much as it means to you and your family (as long as the kid isn't made fun of too badly) in which case they'll develop thicker skin.
Context people.
Mohammed is a very popular name, for Muslims. It is a respected name in their culture, and Mohammed is obviously of great importance to Islam.
Now then, if Jim bob and Sue in Idaho name their very white very not muslim son Mohammed because they think it sounds cool, well thats pretty terrible all around. Jim bob and Sue aren't showing much respect to Muslims in that choice.
Your child has to bear the name you give them (at least until they're 18) if you're using a name from a culture you are not a part of, tread carefully.
I have like a top 5, but every time I bring up names to DH he starts proposing joke names. The same thing happened with DS and DD. So annoying!
Mine does the same thing! Everyrtime I mention a name he pairs it with our last name and then acts like a 2nd grader making fun of it then will say "nope." Im like, kids will make fun of ANYTHING. Stop it and pick one!
I have like a top 5, but every time I bring up names to DH he starts proposing joke names. The same thing happened with DS and DD. So annoying!
Mine does the same thing! Everyrtime I mention a name he pairs it with our last name and then acts like a 2nd grader making fun of it then will say "nope." Im like, kids will make fun of ANYTHING. Stop it and pick one!
He keeps saying a boy will be Ca$h Money last name. Errrrrrr!
I have my boys name picked out. As I have always been convinced I was having boys. 1.Lucas Lyle- Lyle for my fiance's deceased father. 2. Hayden Gregory James
And my fiance and I have put Isabelle on the list for girl names but undetermined for any other girl names
We have a list going, we've gone through maybe 50 names so far.
Girls: Olivia, Abigail, Kiley, Sarah, Kealy. DH likes Bristol and I like Daphne and Freya.
MN's- Elizabeth
Boys: Ryan, Benjamin, Luke
MN's- Tyler, Todd, Micheal
Our DD is Maya Marie and our DS is Samuel Joseph. DS's name is the only family name of all of these, after my grandfather. All of the MN's though are close family names.
I so badly want another girl just because I want to name her. Hahaha
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I kind of feel like saying you can't name your kid "whatever name you happen to like" because you're not mexican, muslim, jewish, whatever is a little offensive by itself. I mean, a name is a name. Some have more meaning in other cultures, and someone who is not part of that culture may have studied it and loved the name. Who are you to say it's wrong for them to use it? Just my opinion though and you know how opinions are...
We're Team Green. We've talked about names and may just choose one (already have it in mind) and name our LO that regardless of sex. Or we may go with separate familial names for each sex. Haven't decided.
We kinda have a boys named picked out. But we are 100% sure if we still want to use it. girls name we are screwed. We have No idea. With my DD her name just made sense and was perfect.
My 5 YO DS is convinced we are having a girl and is picking out names. He has narrowed it down the Little Ruthie or Stella. I have no idea why he thinks girl, I thinks it's because of that Berenstain Bears New Baby book. I have a long list but no certainties right now. I like the idea of waiting and seeing the baby before deciding on the name.
My 5 YO DS is convinced we are having a girl and is picking out names. He has narrowed it down the Little Ruthie or Stella. I have no idea why he thinks girl, I thinks it's because of that Berenstain Bears New Baby book. I have a long list but no certainties right now. I like the idea of waiting and seeing the baby before deciding on the name.
Haha Thats kinda cute! My mother has a chihuahua names Baby Ruthie.
We are planning to be team green so I like the idea of waiting too. We have names picked out already (for the most part) but nothing set in stone yet, obviously.
We like: boy: Oliver james or Oliver lee (bf wants a jr..but I'm not hip with the whole naming your son with your exact name, you're already passing on the last name) girl: kennedy grace or Kailey michelle
We are still gonna look at our options though nothing is set in stone
Little Ruthie or Stella are totally adorable! Your DS has awesome taste, IMO!
I love the name Hudson and know an awesome kiddo with the name. Great personality.
Our #1 boy name is Oliver, too. Incidentally, I also love the name Kennedy for a girl, but am afraid of the bad luck streak so I just can't let myself go with it. This is my own personal issue though and I really think I'm just a crazy person. I named my dog Sonny after Santino from The Godfather and he was bitten by a snake on a backpacking trip at a young age and he passed, so I'm now superstitious about naming babies after those who've died young. ETA e.g. Ophelia or Marlena (nn Marley)
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Re: anyone have their baby names already picked out?
Cohen is my maiden name - it's bizarre as a first name in my opinion
Are you jewish?
No I am not Jewish, I ran across it on Pinterest and just liked it, What do you mean by loaded? I seriously don't know of any negative's with the name Cohen? I'm confused....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/05/05/the-big-baby-naming-battle.html
I think less people will think it's offensive than think it's ignorant.
Like I said, it'd be like me naming my kid Mohammed because I thought it sounded cool.
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Context people.
I say jewish / catholic just because I'm a halfie lol. I'm half jewish but raised catholic. It'd be weird in my case.
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He keeps saying a boy will be Ca$h Money last name. Errrrrrr!
Boy: Enzo
Not into middle names...
2. Hayden Gregory James
And my fiance and I have put Isabelle on the list for girl names but undetermined for any other girl names
So...do you pronounce it like Mee-kah or M-eye-kah? Or Mick-ah?
Boy: Hunter James
Girls: Olivia, Abigail, Kiley, Sarah, Kealy. DH likes Bristol and I like Daphne and Freya.
MN's- Elizabeth
Boys: Ryan, Benjamin, Luke
MN's- Tyler, Todd, Micheal
Our DD is Maya Marie and our DS is Samuel Joseph. DS's name is the only family name of all of these, after my grandfather. All of the MN's though are close family names.
I so badly want another girl just because I want to name her. Hahaha
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We kinda have a boys named picked out. But we are 100% sure if we still want to use it.
girls name we are screwed. We have No idea. With my DD her name just made sense and was perfect.
boy: Hudson Lee
Girl: Paisley Grace
boy: Oliver james or Oliver lee (bf wants a jr..but I'm not hip with the whole naming your son with your exact name, you're already passing on the last name)
girl: kennedy grace or Kailey michelle
We are still gonna look at our options though nothing is set in stone
Little Ruthie or Stella are totally adorable! Your DS has awesome taste, IMO!
I love the name Hudson and know an awesome kiddo with the name. Great personality.
Our #1 boy name is Oliver, too. Incidentally, I also love the name Kennedy for a girl, but am afraid of the bad luck streak so I just can't let myself go with it. This is my own personal issue though and I really think I'm just a crazy person. I named my dog Sonny after Santino from The Godfather and he was bitten by a snake on a backpacking trip at a young age and he passed, so I'm now superstitious about naming babies after those who've died young. ETA e.g. Ophelia or Marlena (nn Marley)
Expecting Saulie O 2.12.2016