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Name Ken

Meaning:

the handsome

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About the name Ken in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	German, English
Is short form of:	Kenneth
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Ben, Kan, Keno, Kent, Keon, Keu, Koen, Ren, Zen Details

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About Ken/Kenna, the group of names with the same origin as Ken

Meaning/translation:	the handsome
Language of origin:	Celtic
Info about origin, male:	Ken is a short form of Kenneth which in turn is an Anglicized form of Scottish Coinneach or Cináed
Words:	caomh = handsome, gentle Irish
Topics:	Words
Variants' top ranks:	7:Kenneth England+Wales 1924, 322:Kenny USA 1980-1989, 447:Ken Switzerland 1997, 664:Kenna USA 2016
Name variants:	Kenna, Cainneach, Coinneach, Ken, Kenneth, Kenny Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Ken

Series	Graph	Rankings
Switzerland		1997 447
USA yearly		1995 987