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kenan

/kˈinən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables
ke-nan
IPA
/kˈinən/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Hebrew.

name

A descendant of Seth, son of Enos.

name

A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Etymology

* Borrowed from Hebrew קֵינָן (qēnå̄n). * Alternatively, possibly a variant of Keenan, from Irish Cianán, a diminutive of Cian.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

Kenansville

Homonyms

keenan

Rhymes With

keenan heenan zenon renin queenan greenan coenen meenan neenan

Questions

How do you pronounce kenan?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈinən/.
What does kenan mean?
A surname from Hebrew.
Where does kenan come from?
It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce kenan

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