Coinneach
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KUN-yokh
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Coinneach is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “handsome, comely”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Coinneach mean?
Scottish: Scottish Gaelic name usually anglicised as Kenneth
“handsome, comely”
The Gaelic name behind Kenneth; Coinneach Odhar, the Brahan Seer, is a prophet of Highland legend.
Is Coinneach a girl's or a boy's name?
Coinneach is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Coinneach in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Coinneach, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 3 boys.
2025 had more boys named Coinneach than any year since 2016.
Among boys in 2025, it was 762nd in Scotland.
Coinneach in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 2 | #6,093 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
Names like Coinneach
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Conan, Brody, Conlan, Conn, Kayden, Connla, Keegan, Caelan, Kody, Brayden, Lochlan
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Coinneach: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/coinneach, updated 20 October 2026.