Kennah
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Scottish
Kennah is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “descendant of Cionaodh”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kennah mean?
Scottish: spelling of Kenna
“descendant of Cionaodh”
A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, masculine equivalent Kenneth.
Meaning borrowed from Kenna. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kennah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kennah is a girls' name.
How popular is Kennah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Kennah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kennah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Kennah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Kinley, Brynlee, Brynn, Kenley, Keegan, Cassidy, Braelynn, Kayden, Devyn, Keiry, Brooklyn
Names related to Kennah
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kennah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kennah, updated 20 October 2026.