KenG

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Koen in NL Netherlands, BE Belgium, NO Norway and 10 more, Gain in IN India, เก่ง in TH Thailand and Khen in PH Philippines.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

KenG is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name1.2K records spelled KenG2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Singapore, India, Malaysia

  Also written Kéng

• Portuguese given name587 records spelled KenG2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Brazil, United States, Singapore

  Also written Kèng

• French given name576 records spelled KenG2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Singapore, Malaysia

  Also written Kéng

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

KenG is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• unexplained.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In cdo, Read ,kunff ；. coll. (kenff^ as in ,sionf;) (kcnff, a com- < pcllation for Sir, or Kes- ung' pcctcd Sir ； 'iwaV siong^ fking, i'^je^ siong, Jce/if/y 、\san{j siong^ ,lci^)iff, conipellatioim for tho lirBt, second, and third, brothers.

  as a word·An Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect

• In Lao, 1. n. machine for threshing rice. 2. n. clasp of an embroidery ring. 259 zool. monkey, Macaca nemestrina, the pig-tailed monkey

  as a word·Lao-English Dictionary

• In Chinese, nonstandard spelling of kēng

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Luxembourgish, not a (feminine singular)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 42 years between 1979–2023. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Feng Jingb. 250not in their usual nameWestern Han
• Chen Tingjingb. 1638not in their usual nameQing dynasty politician
• Yun Jingb. 1757not in their usual nameQing dynasty person CBDB = 65949
• Huang Jingb. 1912CNnot in their usual nameChinese politician
• Ai Jingb. 1969CNnot in their usual namesinger, guitarist
• Li Jingb. 1970CNnot in their usual namegymnast
• Tang Jingb. 1975CNnot in their usual nameChinese footballer
• Feng Jingb. 1985CNnot in their usual nameChinese gymnast
• Liang Jingb. 1985CNnot in their usual nameChinese racing cyclist
• Zhuo Jingnot in their usual nameMing dynasty politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 92 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name KenG?

We estimate roughly 92 thousand people bear KenG (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does KenG have the most bearers?

We estimate about 69 thousand people bear KenG in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled KenG.

Where is KenG most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, KenG is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 953 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is KenG compared with other names?

In Belgium, KenG is the 130th most common given name of 58,504 given names recorded there.

Is KenG a male or female name?

KenG is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name KenG mean?

Recorded meaning: Synonym of chao keng (“to malinger, to shirk military duties by reporting sick”).