Copperfield was born David Seth Kotkin in Metuchen, New Jersey,[REF][REF] the son of Jewish parents, Rebecca, an insurance adjuster, and Hyman Kotkin, who owned and operated a men's haberdashery in Metuchen called Korby's [REF].
When Copperfield was 10, he began practicing magic as "Davino the Boy Magician" in his neighborhood,[REF] and at the age of 12, became the youngest person admitted to the Society of American Magicians [REF].