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

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

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)