Torin, Cael or Coen?

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Pronounced Taw-rin and Cal (both Gaelic, we are Scottish) and Coen pronounced as you would probably expect.

I should add, these are for a boy.

Torin

Torin.

Torin's a lovely name! Cael will be mispronounced often I think, and not keen on Coen, although I know one little boy with it spelled Cohen.

Torin

From reading on MN I discovered that Coen/Cohen as a baby name is culturally insensitive to Jewish people as Cohen is a religious title in the Jewish faith.

I prefer Torin to Cael. I'm assuming Cael sounds identical to those horrible greens that are suddenly everywhere, kale.

Plumes it's pronounced Cal. The Jewish connection wouldn't bother me as it's a different spelling. Thanks for the feedback so far, keep them coming!

But it might bother Jewish people?

Okay Cal is certainly better pronunciation than kale.

Torin

I am led to believe that it would not offend the majority of Jewish people.

Whatever you say!

By whom? It would offend some of the Jewish people I know.

It’s culturally insensitive.

If you’re both Scottish with choose a Jewish derived name anyway?

I much prefer Cael.

Isn't Cohen a Jewish surname? Why would it be offensive to use it as a first name?

Google it.

I really like Torin. Lovely.

Torin. Love it, am Scottish too.

I love all your choices but torin is my favorite

Cohen means priest.

Isn't Cohen a Jewish surname? Why would it be offensive to use it as a first name?

It's a title as much as it is a surname. It's the equivalent of calling someone Priest.

Also to pitch in on the Cohen debate, previous thread a few Jewish people pipped up and said it was more silly to them not so much offensive. On par with calling your child priest.

Snap..there are so many stunning Scottish boys names, seems a bit of an odd choice.

I love Sholto and Ossian, Fingal..

Cael

Coen has a totally different derivation than Cohen.

Torin