Ken

Meanings & Origins of Ken

What does Ken mean?

• Born of fire in the Scottish origin.
• Ruler of the valley in the Celtic origin.
• Royal obligation in the English origin.
• Helmeted chief in the Gaelic origin.
• Ken \ken\ as a boy's name is pronounced ken. It is of English origin. Short form of names beginning with Ken- such as Kenneth. Ken (Japanese) means "strong, physically healthy". The doll Barbie's boyfriend is named Ken. Baseball player Ken Griffey, Jr.; singers Kenny Rogers, Kenny Loggins; saxophone player Kenny G; writer Ken Kesey.
  
  Ken has 4 variant forms: Kennan, Kenney, Kennie and Kenny.
  
  For more information, see also the related name Kendrick.
  
  Baby names that sound like Ken are Kean, Keen, Kenn and Keon.
  
  in the Japanese origin.

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• There were 62 US births last year.
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• Ken is a boy name.
• Ken starts with K
• Ken is 3 letters long

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