Kenslei

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kenslei by the numbers

Kenslei was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kenslei

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 Kenslei. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kensleyfrom the king's meadow; a modern respelling of Kinsley657 in the US (2017)
  • Kenslee101 in the US (2017)
  • Kensli56 in the US (2017)
  • Kynslei14 in the US (2017)
  • Kenlei12 in the US (2017)
  • Kenzlei10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kenslei

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

  • Kensleighroyal meadow; a form of Kingsley79 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kenslei

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