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What does Ken mean?
Ken 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced ken. It is of English origin. Short form of names beginning with Ken- such as Kenneth. Ken (Japanese) means "strong, physically healthy". The doll Barbie's boyfriend is named Ken. Baseball player Ken Griffey, Jr; singers Kenny Rogers, Kenny Loggins; saxophone player Kenny G; writer Ken Kesey. Also form of Kendrick.
STARTS WITH Ken-
Variations
VARIANTS Kennan, Kenney, Kennie, Kenny▼
RELATION VIA KENNETH, KENNY Kennet
FEMININE FORMS Kanisha, Kendra, Kenisha
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ken Maximo (K.M.), ..
How popular is Ken?
Ken is a very popular first name for males (#265 out of 1220, Top 22%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#45403 out of 150436, Top 30%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Ken entered the list in 1900-1909 and reached its highest rank of #220 in the U.S. in the 1960s, but is not in the Top 1000 at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Kendrick (#418 FROM RECENT DATA), Kenneth (#226), Kenney, Kennie and Kenny (#1001) are the prominent alternative forms of Ken listed in the Top 2000. These relations of Ken were favored by parents in the 1950s (AVERAGE #768) and have become much less common since (#1274, DOWN 89.5%), with forms like Kenny becoming less in vogue. Kendrick is the most contemporarily stylish baby name in this compilation.
Similar Names
Ken▼ is pronounced similarly to Cain▲, Con, Conn, Kahn, Kain, Kaine, Kane▲, Kayne, Kean, Keane, Keen, Keene, Kenn, Keon, Keyne, Khan, Khanh, Kian▲, Kiean and Quin. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Ben▼, Den, Keh, Kent▼, Ker, Kern, Key, Len, Pen and Ren. These names tend to be less commonly used than Ken.
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