Keenen
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning small fire; a form of keegan or kienan.
Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Keenen by the numbers
Keenen was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 134 babies in 1991, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Keenen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Keenen
Names that are said the same way as Keenen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean fire
Like Keenen, each of these has fire in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aidenlittle fire11,301 in the US (2017)
- Aydenlittle fire; a modern respelling of Aiden3,979 in the US (2017)
- Brantleyfire brand; a form of Brant2,347 in the US (2017)
- Reeseardent or fiery; a form of Rhys2,106 in the US (2017)
- Aidanlittle fire1,738 in the US (2017)
- Keegansmall flame or descendant of Aodhagán1,235 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Keenen
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