Keena
given name · Latin script
Meaning: possibly an Anglicized form of Gaelic 6 Caoinnigh, a variant of 6 Colnnlgh (see Kenny)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈkinə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Keena is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 157K(measured from records)
- GYGuyana1 in 150K
- IEIreland≈1 in 188K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 273 (measured from records)
- 1 in 150K (inferred from the name graph)
2,118 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Guyana
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
possibly an Anglicized form of Gaelic 6 Caoinnigh, a variant of 6 Colnnlgh (see Kenny).
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Keena 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 2,118 | 1 in 157K | 1.9K | Keena | 273 |
| PH Philippines | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 304K | — | Keena | 32 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 250K | listed | Keena | 55 |
| CA Canada | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 229K | — | Keena | 56 |
| IT Italy | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 576K | — | Keena | 6 |
| IE Ireland | ≈28 est. | ≈1 in 188K | — | Keena | 37 |
| GY Guyana | 5 | 1 in 150K | 5 | — | 4 |
2,118 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)
Keena is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Irish, As this name is mainly found in Westmeath, I think Woulfe is mistaken in equating it with Keaney: I suggest MacKenna, but as yet have no conclusive evidence of this
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
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)
- Leo J. Keenab. 1878USAmerican diplomat (1878-1967)
- Monica Keenab. 1979USAmerican actress
- Aidan Keenab. 1999IEIrish association football player
- Syril Keena QueUSassistant professor of clinical dermatology
- Melody KeenaUSresearcher
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 27 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 932 | #27,401 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 861 | #27,869 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 836 | #27,207 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Keena mean, and where does it come from?
- possibly an Anglicized form of Gaelic 6 Caoinnigh, a variant of 6 Colnnlgh (see Kenny). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Keena?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkinə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Keena a male or female name?
- Keena is a female 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 Keena have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.1 thousand people named Keena, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled keena.
- Where is Keena most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Keena is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 150 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Keena?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,118 people named Keena in 2020, about 1 in 157 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/keenaThe 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, “Keena”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.