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I think I agree with this. When I made this post, I knew nothing about the name, I just heard it in passing and thought I'd ask people's opinions. In my country there was actually a child named Number 69 Bus Stop and I find that more offensive (to the child) than Cohen. Now that I know what Cohen means I still don't think it would bother me enough to not use it because most people where I live are so far removed from most things Jewish. Though we do have people of Jewish descent, a lot of them no nothing about anything Jewish anyway (not all of them though). I think it just depends on your context. There's probably heaps of names that we use that would seem weird or offensive to a small group in some part of the world but that's just how it is. It's like how Korean people will eat dogs, yet we find that horrific and inhumane because they're friends to us. It depends on your context and the society you were raised in. I'm fairly sure if I named my son Cohen (and I'm not likely to anyway), I can't imagine anyone where I live would be offended.