Kenn
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Claro como el agua brillante
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈkɛn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kenn is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 34K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 294K
- DKDenmark1 in 4.9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 308 (measured from records)
- 1 in 4.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Denmark
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Claro como el agua brillante
Sources 1
- 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kenn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | Kenn | 78 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 66K | — | Kenn | 2 |
| DK Denmark | 1,200 | 1 in 4.9K | 1.2K | — | 3 |
| US United States | 1,132 | 1 in 294K | 1.1K | Kenn | 308 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈820 est. | ≈1 in 263K | — | Kenn | 21 |
| SG Singapore | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 59K | — | Kenn | 31 |
| NO Norway | ≈73 est. | ≈1 in 75K | 114 | — | 6 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kenn is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Maltese, to shelter, provide shelter for
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, singular imperative of kennen
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In kw, peel, scum, skin
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kenn Harperb. 1945CACanadian historian
- Kenn André Stillingb. 1945DKDanish painter and sculptor (1945-)
- Kenn Lendingb. 1955Danish musician
- Kenn Smithb. 1962USAmerican jazz musician
- Kenn Scottb. 1970USAmerican actor
- Kenn Godskeb. 1979Danish actor
- Kenn Hansenb. 1980DKDanish football referee
- Kenn Limb. 1986MYbadminton player
- Kenn Simonb. 1994BEBelgian cyclist
- Sneakob. 1998USnot in their usual nameAmerican YouTuber, manosphere activist and online streamer (born 1998)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 32 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 1.2K | #295 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.1K | #11,364 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 114 | #7,098 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1958 | 29 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1961 | 27 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 26 | #11,364 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 5 | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kenn mean, and where does it come from?
- Claro como el agua brillante Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado.
- How do you pronounce Kenn?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɛn/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Kenn a male or female name?
- Kenn is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Kenn have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.2 thousand people named Kenn in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kenn.
- Where is Kenn most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kenn is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 4.9 thousand people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Kenn?
- In Denmark, the national register counted 1,200 people named Kenn, about 1 in 4.9 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Kenn?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kennThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kenn”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.