Kennah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.

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

Kennah by the numbers

Kennah was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 26 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kennah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kennah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kennahandsome; from Kenneth403 in the US (2017)
  • Kennansmall keen one13 in the US (2017)
  • Kenyah12 in the US (2017)
  • Keniah7 in the US (2017)
  • Kenyathe mountain; geographic place name287 in the US (2017)
  • KeziahGod's cinnamon, God's fragrance60 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Kennah

Names that are said the same way as Kennah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Keanabeautiful; a form of Keena4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Keenasmall keen one; a form of Keenan13 in the US (2017)
  • Queena28 in the US (2017)
  • Keanna27 in the US (2017)
  • Kena21 in the US (2017)
  • Keeana5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kennah

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