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

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

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