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Cooper

What does Cooper mean?

Cooper Pronunciation of Cooper as a boys' name is pronounced KOO-per. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Cooper is "barrel maker". May also be the English form of a German surname meaning "coppersmith". Novelist James Fenimore Cooper; actor Gary Cooper.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Co-, -er

ASSOCIATED WITH old english, maker (occupational), surname

Variations

VARIANT Coop

SEE ALSO Kiefer

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Cooper Simon (C.S.), ..

How popular is Cooper?

Cooper is an unusual first name for males but a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#64 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Cooper reached its peak rank of #75 in the U.S. in 2010, and is presently at #83. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Cooper name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Cooper outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Kiefer is the only other popular alternative form of Cooper (#83 FROM RECENT DATA) ranked in the Top 2000. These relations of Cooper were favored by parents in the year 2015 (AVERAGE #1038) and are almost as common today (#1041, 11%), but with the version Kiefer becoming less trendy. Cooper is the most contemporarily stylish boy name in this compilation.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Cooper, Kiefer in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Cooper outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Bonner, Booker, Broder, Calder, Cappel, Carter, Carver, Caspar, Casper, Chipper, Codey, Coe, Colbee, Colbey, Colden, Colet, Coley, Colier, Collen, Colley, Collier, Colter, Colver, Colvert, Coney, Conlen, Conner, Connor, Cooke, Cookie, Cope, Corben, Coree (see Corey), Corey, Corie, Corley, Cortes, Cosme, Coster, Coulter, Courey, Coxe, Coye, Cramer, Crooke, Culver, Cutler, Draper, Folker, Foster, Gasper, Glover, Gower, Harper, Homer, Hooker, Hooper, Hopper, Jasper, Joiner, Joyner, Konner, Loeber, Loller, Pepper, Piper, Potter, Roger, Roper, Rover, Shomer, Sommer, Topher, Tower and Volker. These names tend to be more frequently used than Cooper.

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