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User-submitted name Kenya - Behind the Name

  • ️Mike Campbell
  • ️Thu Feb 05 2015

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Gender Masculine

Scripts 健也, 健哉, 健弥, 建也, 建哉, 建弥, 憲也, 憲哉, 憲弥, 研也, 研哉, 研弥, 謙也, 謙哉, 謙弥, 賢也, 賢哉, 賢弥(Japanese Kanji) けんや(Japanese Hiragana) ケンヤ(Japanese Katakana)

Other Forms FormsKen'ya

Meaning & History

Combination of Japanese 健 (ken) meaning "healthy, sound, strength", 建 (ken, kon, ta.tsu, ta.te, ta.teru, -da.te) meaning "build, construct", 憲 (ken) meaning "rule, law", 研 (ken) meaning "polish, sharpen, study", 謙 (ken) meaning "modest, humble" or 賢 (ken) meaning "clever, intelligent, wise" with 也 (ya) meaning "to be (archaic form)", 哉 (ya) meaning "alas, how, question mark, what" or 弥 (bi, mi, amaneshi, iya, iyoiyo, tooi, hisashi, hisa.shii, ya, wata.ru) meaning "all the more, increasingly".


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Gender Masculine & Feminine

Scripts 健雅, etc.(Chinese)

Meaning & History



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