Kensey
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.
Kensey by the numbers
Kensey was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 38 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kensey
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 Kensey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kenleyroyal meadow; form of Kingsley385 in the US (2017)
- Kenneyroyal; a form of Kenneth6 in the US (2017)
- Kensly10 in the US (2017)
- Kennedymisshapen head; an Irish surname used as given name4,277 in the US (2017)
- Kelleybright-headed or descended from Ceallach; a form of Kelly38 in the US (2017)
- Kelceyship victory or fierce warrior10 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kensey
Names that are said the same way as Kensey, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Kensei7 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kensey
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