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

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

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