Forename Ken

Across the world, Ken (Ken , 肯 , ケン , along with others...) is a widespread predominantly boy's, but scarcely girly first name. The first name Ken is characteristic of Macao, where it is a common predominantly boy's, but very infrequently feminine name, Hong Kong, where it is a common male name, and Canada, where it is quite a common male name (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in the United States, Canada, and Hong Kong. Very seldom, Ken is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Ken is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Ken

name Con, name Kinne, name Kawaki, name Inute, name Kên, name Kende, name Kêň, name Këň, name Kęn, name Ken, name Кэн, name Kėn, name Kennel, name Keñ, name Kweman, name Kẹn, name كين, name Kêñ, name Dunny, name Kèn, name Kennen, name Kenric, name Inui, name Kèｎ, name ケン, name Kēn, name เคน, name Cennan, name Кен, name Këń, name Kenning, name Kęñ, name Këñ, name Cunnan, name Kents, name Can, name Keǹ, name 肯, name Kawai, name Kén, name Innocentius, name Kĕn, name Komen, name קן, name Kin, name Kēñ, name Kěn, name Kan, name Kenneth, name Kèñ, name Kéñ, name Kën, name Kinni, name Kən, name Kenot, name Connen, name Kěñ, name Kenrick

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Ken	Japan, Canada, Kenya, Malaysia, United States
肯	China
ケン	Japan
เคน	Thailand
كين	Morocco, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia
Кен	Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Armenia
קן	Israel
Кэн	Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia

First names said to be same

Can, Cennan, Con, Connen, Cunnan, Dunny, Innocentius, Inui, Inute, Kan, Kawai, Kawaki, Kende, Kennel, Kennen, Kenneth, Kenning, Kenot, Kenric, Kenrick, Kents, Keñ, Keǹ, Kin, Kinne, Kinni, Komen, Kweman, Kèn, Kèñ, Kèｎ, Kén, Kéñ, Kên, Kêñ, Kêň, Kën, Këñ, Këń, Këň, Kēn, Kēñ, Kĕn, Kėn, Kęn, Kęñ, Kěn, Kěñ, Kən, Kẹn,

First name Ken in the context

Ken is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Cain , the Biblical figure, Cain; Ken Masters , the character from the Street Fighter fighting game series, Wreck-It Ralph; Ken Rosenberg , the deuteragonist of the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas; Ken Ichijōji , the fictional character from Digimon Adventure 02 and Ken Sugisaki , the fictional character from Seitokai no Ichizon, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	ken arok Founder/first ruler:Singosari Kingdom/ancient Hindu–Buddhist kingdom/East Java/Indonesia (b. 1182)
	ken mckenzie Australian rules footballer [2] (b. 1865)
	ken mcarthur South African long-distance runner, ZA (b. 1881)
	ken mallen Canadian ice hockey player, CA (b. 1884)
	ken randall Canadian ice hockey player (1888-1947), CA (b. 1888)
	ken williams American baseball player, US (b. 1890)
	ken macleod Australian rules footballer, AU (b. 1890)
	ken huszagh American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-holder, US (b. 1891)
	ken christy actor (1894-1962), US (b. 1894)
	ken maynard American actor and stunt performer (1895-1973), US (b. 1895)
	ken penner American baseball player, US (b. 1896)
	ken ross Australian bicycle racer (1900-1974), AU (b. 1900)
	ken loeffler American basketball player-coach, US (b. 1902)
	ken murray Entertainer, producer, author (1903-1988), US (b. 1903)
	ken terrell American actor (1904-1966), US (b. 1904)

Forename Ken

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Ken

First names said to be same

First name Ken in the context

Notable namesakes

Characteristic surnames