Kenan

Where Kenan comes from

* Borrowed from Hebrew קֵינָן (qēnå̄n). * Alternatively, possibly a variant of Keenan, from Irish Cianán, a diminutive of Cian.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kenan
  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1917
    Kenan Evren born
    President of Turkey
  2. 1947
    First appearance
    #3,733 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1997
    Peak, #966
    136 babies named Kenan — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2005
    Kenan Yıldız born
    Turkish association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Namesakes
  • Kenan Evren · President of Turkey, 1917–2015
  • Kenan Yıldız · Turkish association football player, born 2005
  • Kenan İmirzalıoğlu · Turkish actor and fashion model, born 1974
  • Kenan Thompson · American comedian and actor, born 1978
  • Kenan Karaman · Turkish association football player, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.