A long cloak or cape; also a canopy.
Derived from the Middle English and Old French word 'cope', referring to a liturgical vestment or a protective cloak. It originally comes from the Late Latin 'cappa'. As a surname, it may have also functioned as an occupational name for someone who made or sold these garments.
Less common today
Cope isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #6,572 in 2015.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
A character in the novel 'The Power and the Glory' · The Power and the Glory
