Boy
Kenan
Kenan is a boy’s name linked to the historic land of Canaan and often associated with the meaning sacred land.
Meaning
Sources describe Kenan as referring to the land of Canaan, sometimes glossing it as sacred land. The name’s association comes from a region with an important place in religious history.
Origin
Kenan derives from the Hebrew Canaan and is used as a masculine given name in Turkish.
In recent years
Kenan is absent from the latest official top hundred but appeared in earlier lists fourteen times, reaching seventeenth place at its highest. For a time, it was among the most chosen boys’ names.
How does it look on a plaque?
On a Meşgalem wooden name plaque, Kenan can sit above a birth date as a simple, warm reminder of a baby’s arrival.
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