Love Meredith and Cora but like pp said, Cora sounds better with Elizabeth. Suggesting: Miriam Grace Claire Laurel Natalie Tess Pearl
Cohen and Cole are both fine and I think both pair well with Robert. Suggesting: Benjamin David Eli James Liam Micah Nicholas Tyler Travis William Jack
Cohen is not good as a first name and can be considered controversial so I would research that not to mention in today’s climate being associated with Michael Cohen is less than desirable
Cole is great as are Cora and Meredith
add:
Felicity Mallory Miranda Corrine Celeste Camille Rosalie Theresa
@bbiutmcph I love Silas and Corrine. Do you think Cohen is controversial because of the Michael Cohen situation, or because Surname as a FN, or something else I'm not thinking of? I don't mind Surnames as FN but I hadn't thought of Michael Cohen
@mb0112 June, Ruby, Violet (a family name I absolutely LOVE) and Sarah are all high up there on MY list. DH thinks they all sound 'old'
I'm glad someone gave you the "heads up" on Cohen I would advise against using this common Jewish last name as a first name because of its particular significance within Judaism. The person on the reddit thread had a hard time coming up with an example of a similarly misleading/possibly offensive name. I'm not Jewish, but I've taught in a Jewish day school for many years. A reverse example might be if a Jewish parent really took a liking to the name Mary Margaret for a baby girl. There's nothing that says a girl named Mary Margaret HAS to be Catholic, but many would assume that a person with this name was from a Catholic family, possibly of Irish descent. It would be strange for that child to go through life as Jew with this name. The assumptions people would make about her religious and cultural identity would lead to awkward misunderstandings.
But even that doesn't capture the weirdness of Cohen being a last name that's really a title AND a name that many, even if they have little contact with the Jewish community, would associate with Judaism.
Cora Elizabeth is a great name! I don't think you can use Meredith with Elizabeth as a middle name. Too much "th."
Re: Add to my list?
Out of those options, Cole. I prefer Robert Cole, actually, but I don't know if that would be an option for you.
Miriam
Grace
Claire
Laurel
Natalie
Tess
Pearl
Cohen and Cole are both fine and I think both pair well with Robert. Suggesting:
Benjamin
David
Eli
James
Liam
Micah
Nicholas
Tyler
Travis
William
Jack
Cole is ok
Cohen is awful
Adding:
Felicity
Blythe
Phoebe
I don’t like Cohen personally. It’s a surname exclusively as far as I’m concern. I do like Cole Robert or Robert Cole.
Adding:
Chase
Finn
Clay (or Clayton)
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Cole is great as are Cora and Meredith
add:
Felicity
Mallory
Miranda
Corrine
Celeste
Camille
Rosalie
Theresa
Conrad
Silas
Bryce
Micah
Garrett
Reid
Amelia, Myles, and
Lydia
June
Ruby
Fiona
Elise
Claudia
Phoebe
Violet
Rosalie
Sarah
Oliver
Frederick
Paul
Henry
Samuel
Baby #2 Due 3/7/20
@mb0112 June, Ruby, Violet (a family name I absolutely LOVE) and Sarah are all high up there on MY list. DH thinks they all sound 'old'
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/namenerds/comments/4l13au/is_the_name_cohen_offensive_for_nonjews_to_use/
There is just one one which explains and personally I wouldn’t want to saddle
my kid with a name that others could find incredibly offensive
But even that doesn't capture the weirdness of Cohen being a last name that's really a title AND a name that many, even if they have little contact with the Jewish community, would associate with Judaism.
Cora Elizabeth is a great name! I don't think you can use Meredith with Elizabeth as a middle name. Too much "th."
Cole Robert is also nice!