Given name & surname
Kehinde
“the second-born of twins”
Kehinde is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “the second-born of twins.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “the second-born of twins.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
How it developed
In French usage, Kehinde is a diminutive of Akẹ́hìndé.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kehinde through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 270
- 168 boys · 102 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,678 as a first name in 2020; 392 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kehinde’s family of names
In French usage, Kehinde is a diminutive of Akẹ́hìndé. Kehinde has a related form in Kehindeh. Kehinde has a related form in Kehynde.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Kehinde
- Kehinde WileyAfrican-American painter (born 1977)
- Kehinde BankoleNigerian actorborn 1985
- Kehinde FataiNigerian footballerborn 1990
- Kehinde FadipeNigerian actressborn 1983
- Kehinde KamsonNigerian entrepreneur, business leader, and philanthropistborn 1961
- Kehinde OlorunyomiNigerian actress and screenwriterborn 1981
- Kehinde VaughanNigerian sprinterborn 1961
- Kehinde AladefaNigerian hurdlerborn 1974
- Kehinde OkenlaNigerian table tennis playerborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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