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Name Kenya
Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 健也, 健哉, 健弥, 建也, 建哉, 建弥, 憲也, 憲哉, 憲弥, 研也, 研哉, 研弥, 謙也, 謙哉, 謙弥, 賢也, 賢哉, 賢弥(Japanese Kanji) けんや(Japanese Hiragana) ケンヤ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. KEN-YAH
Other Forms FormsKen'ya
Edit Status Status1. basic formatting

Meaning & History

Combination of Japanese 健 (ken) meaning "healthy, sound, strength", 建 (ken, kon, ta.tsu, ta.te, ta.teru, -da.te) meaning "build, construct", 憲 (ken) meaning "rule, law", 研 (ken) meaning "polish, sharpen, study", 謙 (ken) meaning "modest, humble" or 賢 (ken) meaning "clever, intelligent, wise" with 也 (ya) meaning "to be (archaic form)", 哉 (ya) meaning "alas, how, question mark, what" or 弥 (bi, mi, amaneshi, iya, iyoiyo, tooi, hisashi, hisa.shii, ya, wata.ru) meaning "all the more, increasingly".
Added 2/5/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou