Keny
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEN-ee
- Origin
- Scottish
Keny is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “handsome; or born of fire”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Keny mean?
Scottish: spelling of Kenny; pet form of Kenneth
“handsome; or born of fire”
Pet form of Kenneth, the anglicised form of the Gaelic names Coinneach and Cináed.
Meaning borrowed from Kenny. More on Wiktionary.
Is Keny a girl's or a boy's name?
Keny is a boys' name.
How popular is Keny in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Keny in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keny in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
Nicknames for Keny
- Ken 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Keny
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Keegan Kayden Kody Brayden Aiden Kenan Declan Finnegan Kian Rowdy Finn
Names related to Keny
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas
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, “Keny: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keny, updated 20 October 2026.