the irony is lost on you because if you read my post it was a name that had a deeper meaning more so than a sacred religious name . which should mean more and offend no one at least in my opinion.
and i didn’t go “ballistic” i stated my opinion just as you did . it was you that started with the insults. quote or not.
Sorry, but that 10:58 post sounded pretty ballistic to me! “I could care less what the religious fanatics think…I’m not going to not name my baby something just because it might offend someone…would your “Jewish” friends…”
That sounded pretty personal and insulting to me!
(Continued from above…)And typed even earlier in the evening, we have this beauty, the post that began it all tonight:
“It is people like you who pass judgement that makes the world what it is today. It’s a jewish [sic] word that means priest BIG [name]DEAL[/name]. Tell your friends to get over it.”
That sounds pretty ballistic, personal, and insulting, too. 
omg let it go already. you just wished me luck in your last post and now your digging up dirt. read your earlier posts they’re just as insulting. just like you i was stating my opinion and we both took it personal. thats it . i know your opinion on cohen and you know mine. after all its a baby name discussion . i no longer care to discuss religion. good night
I was simply clearing up that it wasn’t me who started with the insults. You stormed online tonight with two nasty posts on two different threads, both personally attacking me, when my previous posts about [name]Cohen[/name] on a non-Jewish baby were meant to be helpful, and dealt with general concepts pertaining to potentially offending others.
And I do wish you and your baby the very, very best.
sorry you posting that quote was the beginning of the end but we’ll have to agree to disagree. best to you
I’m sorry I’m so late to this dispute. While name opinions can often awaken deeper, more volatile issues, when a name touches on religious beliefs things can really get heated. It’s been curious to me to see the name [name]Cohen[/name] attract a trendy following that’s – I’m going to replace the word “ignorant” in the name description – unaware of its significance in the Jewish religion. I blame television’s The O.C., on which the character [name]Seth[/name] was typically called by his last name, [name]Cohen[/name]. Since the family’s Jewishness was pretty assimilated and softcore – didn’t they celebrate Christmakah? – it was certainly easy to identify [name]Cohen[/name] with the appeal of the character and the young casual fresh feel of the name and not make the sacred Jewish connection.
That said, [name]Cohen[/name] IS a sacred Jewish surname and a 100% symbolically-significant Jewish name, so it is strange to have it taken out of context and compared on an equal level to any other first name. I guess, yes, it is like [name]Jesus[/name] or [name]Mohammed[/name], and while you don’t need to be religious to use those names, it certainly seems odd to a [name]Christian[/name] or a Muslim to hear someone debating their merits as if they were regular first names: [name]Jesus[/name] or [name]Jack[/name], which is cuter?
I’m sorry things got overheated and I hope you will all return and discuss and debate the merits of names with no lasting hard feelings. But the one thing that’s positive about such a dispute being aired here is that even if people won’t say these things to your face – or your child’s face, as he gets older – a lot of people will be thinking and feeling them. While you may have deep personal and totally valid reasons for wanting to name your son [name]Cohen[/name], it is important, I think, to know that this is a symbolically significant name for Jews and that many people will over time be shaken by your use of it.
I erased this whole post because I didn’t want to upset anyone. But it was a fascinating topic. I love to debate. It would be fun to have a debate with [name]Jill[/name], but, unfortunately I don’t think we can because we seem to agree about everything!
i’m not sure how this got so heated, but i absolutely cannot imagine, and am VERY glad i don’t have to deal with people of my own faith or otherwise who would get offended over a pretty regular name. we aren’t talking about the parents who named their children aryan nation and adolf hitler, it’s a lady who likes leonard cohen for pete’s sake!
i also can’t imagine the tragedy of avoiding someone based on his or her name. if i had discriminated in such a way, i’d have missed out on some of the best relationships of my life.
if someone thought my birdie vapid or weird because of her fairly wistful name, i’d pity them and wager she should be grateful for the dodged bullet of a judgmental, crappy acquaintance.
I like the name [name]Cohen[/name] for a first name but not too fond of [name]Grey[/name].Maybe [name]Cohen[/name] [name]Nathaniel[/name]?