Kunashe
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- koo-NAH-sheh
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Kunashe is a boys' name, meaning “with the Lord”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Kunashe mean?
Shona (Zimbabwe), from Ishe 'Lord'
“with the Lord”
A Zimbabwean Shona name built on Ishe 'Lord', like the better-known Tinashe, 'God is with us'.
Is Kunashe a girl's or a boy's name?
Kunashe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 6 boys in the UK.
How popular is Kunashe in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Kunashe, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. 3 girls were also named Kunashe in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Kunashe of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Kunashe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
Names like Kunashe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Kobe, Ibrahim, Kade, Bodhi, Theodore, Mustafa, Yahya, Musa, Abdullah, Kwame, Oluwatamilore
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, “Kunashe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kunashe, updated 20 October 2026.