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 [ 2 syll. coo-per, co-op-er ] The boy name Cooper is pronounced as KUWPer KEY. Cooper is an English name of Old English origin. Cooper is of the meaning cooper, barrel maker, barrel fixer. From the element 'cupa' which is of the meaning barrel, tub. The first name is derived from the surname, which is itself from the job title for someone who makes or fixes barrels. A variant of Cooper is the English short form Coop. Cooper is popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also regarded as trendy. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1980s. At the modest height of its usage in 2008, 0.232% of baby boys were named Cooper. Its ranking then was #92. Within all boy names in its group, Cooper was the most frequently used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Cooper include the name Caffar, the English and German Caspar, the Dutch, English, and Scandinavian Casper, the name Kabir, the Czech and German Kaspar, the Polish Kasper, the Hebrew Kiefer, the English Kipper, the name Kovar, the name Kuper, the Hebrew Kfir, and the Basque and Galician Xabier. KEY: Pronunciation for Cooper: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"   |
