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In the world, Kenek (Knecht
, Kenek
) is a rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently feminine forename. The first name Kenek is habitual in Indonesia, where it is a rare boy's name, China, where it is an extremely rare gender-neutral name, and India, where it is an extremely rare dominantly female, but infrequently masculine name. More frequently, Kenek is the last name as well as the forename.
Kenek is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Knecht Ruprecht , the companion of Saint Nicholas in the folklore of Germany, Das Christ-Elflein and Knecht , the operatic character in the opera Ero der Schelm, Ero s onoga svijeta.