Given name
Kenyun
“a blonde-haired man”
Kenyun is a variant of Kenyon. One interpretation is “a blonde-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kenyun is a variant of Kenyon. One interpretation is “a blonde-haired man.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kenyun through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 45
- 45 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 8 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 boys is 5 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1975.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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