Kenora
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Kenora by the numbers
Kenora was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 1988, making it a 1980s name.
What we can tell you about Kenora
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 Kenora. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kendraclear water; from a place name734 in the US (2017)
- Kemora17 in the US (2017)
- Keiradark-haired; a form of Ciara984 in the US (2017)
- Kennahandsome; from Kenneth403 in the US (2017)
- Kenyathe mountain; geographic place name287 in the US (2017)
- Kenzawell-born, noble; a form of Khanza26 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Kenora
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