Name Kenia Gender Feminine Usage English, Spanish (Mexican), Brazilian Pronounced Pron. KEN-yə(English) KEN-ee-ə(English) KEEN-ee-ə(English) KEEN-yə(English) Edit Status Status Meaning & History Spanish short form of Eugenia, now used independently. It coincides with the Spanish name for the African country of Kenya.As an English name it could be a variant of Kenya or a contracted form of Kenina.