Cohyn

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cohyn by the numbers

Cohyn was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Cohyn

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cohyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cohenpriest; kohanim1,115 in the US (2017)
  • Cohandescendant of Cohan; surname origin22 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Colynvictory of the people; a form of Colin5 in the US (2017)
  • Colinyoung warrior; a form of Caoilean1,662 in the US (2017)
  • Corbynraven; a form of Corbin157 in the US (2017)
  • Coltyna form of Colton; colt settlement64 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cohyn

Names that are said the same way as Cohyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kohenpriest; variant spelling of Cohen385 in the US (2017)
  • Koenbold counsel; form of Kuno or Conrad145 in the US (2017)
  • Cowenhollow; from place name Cowan5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Coen235 in the US (2017)
  • Kowen20 in the US (2017)
  • Koehn16 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Cohyn

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