Coen  Coen is a personal name of several origins. It exists as a masculine given name, and as a surname. As a surname it may be a variant of McCown a derivative of the two Irish surnames O'Cadhain (of Connacht) and O'Comhdhain (of Ulster), it could be a Spanish or Italian variant of the Hebrew name Cohen meaning "priest", or it may be a Dutch patronym (see "Given name" below). People with this surname include:   The Dutch given name Coen (pronounced ) is, like Koen, a short form of Coenraad/Koenraad, equivalent to the English Conrad. Coen is also an aboriginal Australian name meaning thunder. People with this given name include: