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Help for boys name please!

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StaceymReadyForNumber3 · 09/11/2012 15:15

Right so even before I got pg me and DH decided on Cohen for a boy. Since then FIL informed us that this can be seen as insulting to orthodox jews as it is traditionally a surname. So we re-thought it and decided to change the spelling to Cohan. Which from my research is no longer insulting. Well MIL keeps going on at DH that it could cause problems, blah, blah, blah. So DH asked today if I would've happy with Coen. Which sounds the same but is the Dutch version of Conrad (I believe). But I can't help feeling this is yet another compromise and I would prefer to change the whole name. (sorry I didn't mean this to get this long)

So today we've come up with a short list of:

Johan (DH is half Swedish so this is a good option I think)
Caden
Ethan
Riley

And I would like to know what you all think of these (and the Cohen debacle) please.

and please be gentle I'm 35 wks pregnant Grin

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StaceymReadyForNumber3 · 10/11/2012 17:33

Well I think (from the convo me and DH had in passing earlier) that boys name will be Johan, more than likely shortened to Joe for everyday use.

Thanks for the help guys it's very much appreciated.

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SugarMeFingers · 12/11/2012 16:33

My little boy is called Callan, just in case you were still after some ideas. It really suits him and we don't know any others. It kind of sounds similar to Cohen. Good luck. :)

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