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What does Kenna mean?
Kenna 
▲ as a girls' name is pronounced KEN-ah. It is of American, Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Kenna is "fire born; good-looking". Feminine of Kenneth, probably influenced by Jenna. Also form of Kendra.
Variations
VARIANTS Kenina, Kennina, Kennette, Kennia
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA JENNA Genna, Jena▼, Jennah
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Kelna, ..
(male) Kenka, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Kenna Grecia (K.G.), ..
How popular is Kenna?
Kenna is a very prominent first name for females (#1925 out of 4276, Top 45%) and also a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#15473 out of 150436, Top 10%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Kenna entered the list in 1940-1949 and reached its peak rank of #664 in the U.S. in the year 2016, and is presently at #686. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Jenna (#423 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Kendra (#497), Genna, Jena, Jennah and Kenneth are the prominent related forms of Kenna (#686). These relations of Kenna were popular as baby names 3 decades ago (MEDIAN #1096) and are now significantly less popular (#1372, ▼76.9%). Kendra has been the most prevalent, though Jenna is currently more regularly used, while forms such as Kendra are now somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Kenna▲ is pronounced similarly to Canna, Conni, Conny, Kani, Kayana, Keana▼, Keena, Keiana, Kenia▲, Kennya, Kenya, Keonna, Kiana▼, Kiani, Kianna▼, Kina, Kinna, Kiona, Kionah, Kioni, Kionna, Konny, Qiana, Queena and Quenna. Other recommended sound-alike names are Anna▼, Deana▼, Deanna▼, Deena▼, Denna, Deona, Donna▼, Gena▼, Hanna▼, Hena, Janna▼, Karenna, Kecia, Keira▼, Kelda, Kenda, Kendal▼, Kenza, Kesha▼, Keva, Keyne, Lena▼, Lenna▼, Leyna, Linna, Lonna, Meena, Mena, Nenna, Penina, Penna, Ranna, Reanna▼, Sanna, Sena▼, Sienna▲, Teanna, Teena, Teina, Tena▼, Teona, Teyna, Tunna, Vanna, Venna, Verna▼, Wanna, Yanna, Zena and Zenna. These names tend to be less commonly used than Kenna.
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