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in reply to a message by bananarama
Isn't Cohen kind of a big deal? as a surname? It's the most common one, but it is still a word that means "Priest." I remember reading the wikipedia article on Leonard Cohen and being quite surprised at the big deal made out of his surname - let's see -
Like many other Jews named Cohen, Katz, Kagan, etc., his family made a claim of descent from the Kohanim: "I had a very Messianic childhood," he told Richard Goldstein in 1967. "I was told I was a descendant of Aaron, the high priest."
Here is what the wikipedia article on Cohen says:
Bearing the name indicates that the ancestors of a person so named were priests in the Temple of Jerusalem.
Being a Cohen also imposes some limitations, however; by Jewish religious law a Cohen may not marry a divorced woman (only a single woman or a widow) and may not marry someone who converted to Judaism.
O_O at the limitations. Yeah, I would consider Cohen pretty inappropriate as a given name. Am I really the only responder to think so? I would not name my kid Pope or Bishop even though it is a surname and surnames are hip, especially if P's and B's were supposedly descended from actual popes and bishops (which wouldn't make sense I guess? then why do people have those names? odd) and were therefore subject to extra religious regulation. It is weird. I do not like it. I don't think Cohen is appropriate.
I also don't think tribal names are appropriate.
Like many other Jews named Cohen, Katz, Kagan, etc., his family made a claim of descent from the Kohanim: "I had a very Messianic childhood," he told Richard Goldstein in 1967. "I was told I was a descendant of Aaron, the high priest."
Here is what the wikipedia article on Cohen says:
Bearing the name indicates that the ancestors of a person so named were priests in the Temple of Jerusalem.
Being a Cohen also imposes some limitations, however; by Jewish religious law a Cohen may not marry a divorced woman (only a single woman or a widow) and may not marry someone who converted to Judaism.
O_O at the limitations. Yeah, I would consider Cohen pretty inappropriate as a given name. Am I really the only responder to think so? I would not name my kid Pope or Bishop even though it is a surname and surnames are hip, especially if P's and B's were supposedly descended from actual popes and bishops (which wouldn't make sense I guess? then why do people have those names? odd) and were therefore subject to extra religious regulation. It is weird. I do not like it. I don't think Cohen is appropriate.
I also don't think tribal names are appropriate.
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