Gender:
Origin:
Gaelic,
Japanese
2132 famous people named Ken found on Wikipedia.
32706 male, 25 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
2206-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
177-th in year 1960
Used in: English, Japanese
A male given name, form of Kendall or Kenneth.
Ken is a masculine given name of Scottish / Gaelic origin. It is used either as a given name or as a short form of names with the letters "Ken" (like Kenneth, Kenan, Kendrick, Kendall, Kennedy, Mackenzie or Kenson). Ken is also a Japanese name which can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
"to know, understand, take cognizance of," a word surviving mainly in Scottish and northern England dialect, from Middle English kennen, "make known; give instruction to; be aware, know, have knowledge of, know how to; recognize by sight; see, catch sight of," a very common verb, from Old English cennan "make known, declare, acknowledge" (in late Old English also "to know"), originally "cause to know, make to know," causative of cunnan "to become acquainted with, to know" (see can (v.)). Cognate with German kennen, Danish kjende, Swedish känna. Related: Kenned; kenning.
Short form of Kenneth, anglicized form of Scottish Coinneach: royal obligation, clear water, handsome. Means: healthy, strong in Japanese.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Ken Jeong | 1969 | American comedian |
2 | Ken Shamrock | 1964 | American actor and sportsperson |
3 | Ken Griffey, Jr. | 1969 | Baseball outfielder |
4 | Ken Stabler | 1945 | American football player |
5 | Ken Watanabe | 1959 | Japanese actor |
6 | Ken Jennings | 1974 | American game show contestant and writer |
7 | Ken Burns | 1953 | American documentary filmmaker |
8 | Ken Howard | 1944 | American actor |
9 | Ken Curtis | 1916 | American actor |
10 | Ken Kratz | ||
11 | Ken Norton | 1943 | American boxer |
12 | Ken Loach | 1936 | British film director and screenwriter |
13 | Ken Berry | 1933 | American actor, dancer and singer |
14 | Ken Kesey | 1935 | Novelist |
15 | Ken Starr | 1946 | American judge and educational administrator |
16 | Ken Dodd | 1927 | English comedian and singer |
17 | Ken Block | 1967 | American rally driver |
18 | Ken Marino | 1968 | Actor |
19 | Ken Follett | 1949 | British novelist |
20 | Ken Livingstone | 1945 | Mayor of London between 2000 and 2008 |
21 | Ken Leung | 1970 | American actor |
22 | Ken McElroy | 1934 | Serial criminal and rapist, killed in 1981 |
23 | Ken Stott | 1954 | Scottish actor |
24 | Ken Jebsen | 1966 | German television presenter, journalist and radio host |
25 | Ken Thompson | 1943 | American computer scientist, creator of the Unix operating system |
26 | Ken Hakuta | American inventor | |
27 | Ken Carter | 1959 | American basketball player-coach |
28 | Ken Mattingly | 1936 | United States astronaut |
29 | Ken Ham | 1951 | Australian young Earth creationist |
30 | Ken Olin | 1954 | American actor and director |
31 | Ken Barlow | Fictional character in Coronation Street | |
32 | Ken Wahl | 1954 | American actor |
33 | Ken Osmond | 1943 | Actor, police officer |
34 | Ken Jenkins | 1940 | American actor |
35 | Ken Russell | 1927 | English film director |
36 | Ken Robinson | 1950 | UK writer |
37 | Ken Whisenhunt | 1962 | American football player and coach |
38 | Ken Rosewall | 1934 | Australian tennis player |
39 | Ken Hitchcock | 1951 | Canadian ice hockey coach |
40 | Ken Levine | 1966 | American video game designer |
41 | Ken Wilber | 1949 | American writer and public speaker |
42 | Ken Caminiti | 1963 | American baseball player |
43 | Ken Bone | 1958 | American basketball player-coach |
44 | Ken Weatherwax | 1955 | American actor |
45 | Ken Saro-Wiwa | 1941 | Nigerian activist |
46 | Ken Masters | Character from the Street Fighter fighting game series | |
47 | Ken | 1992 | South Korean singer |
48 | Ken Griffey, Sr. | 1950 | American baseball player and manager |
49 | Ken Patera | 1942 | American professional wrestler |
50 | Ken Oosterbroek | 1963 | South African photographer |
51 | Ken Bruce | 1951 | British DJ |
52 | Ken Dorsey | 1981 | American football player |
53 | Ken Baumann | 1989 | American writer and publisher |
54 | Ken Doherty | 1969 | Irish snooker player |
55 | Ken Salazar | 1955 | American politician |
56 | Ken Dryden | 1947 | Canadian ice hockey goaltender and politician |
57 | Ken Sugimori | 1966 | Japanese video game designer, illustrator, manga artist, and director |
58 | Ken Foree | 1948 | American actor |
59 | Ken Davitian | 1953 | American actor with Armenian descent |
60 | Ken Kirzinger | 1959 | Canadian actor and stuntman |
61 | Ken Harrelson | 1941 | Baseball player and broadcaster from the United States |
62 | Ken Ghosh | 1966 | Indian film director |
63 | Ken Niumatalolo | 1965 | American college football coach |
64 | Ken Kercheval | 1935 | American actor |
65 | Ken Todd | 1957 | English association footballer and coach |
66 | Ken Schrader | 1955 | American racing driver |
67 | Ken Casey | 1969 | American musician |
68 | Ken Chan | 1993 | Teen actor |
69 | Ken Hensley | 1945 | British musician |
70 | Ken Chu | 1979 | Taiwan actor |
71 | Ken Adam | 1921 | UK motion picture production designer |
72 | Ken Cuccinelli | 1968 | American politician |
73 | Ken Eurell | ||
74 | Ken Paxton | 1962 | American politician |
75 | Ken Hom | 1949 | Chef |
76 | Ken O'Brien | 1960 | American football player and coach |
77 | Ken Bates | 1931 | British businessman |
78 | Ken Howery | 1975 | American venture capitalist |
79 | Ken Waller | 1942 | American bodybuilder |
80 | Ken Campbell | 1941 | British actor |
81 | Ken Page | 1954 | American actor and singer |
82 | Ken Kutaragi | 1950 | Japanese businessman |
83 | Ken Hudson Campbell | 1963 | American actor |
84 | Ken Shimizu | 1979 | Japanese pornographic film actor |
85 | Ken Blackwell | 1948 | American politician and activist |
86 | Ken Liu | 1976 | Chinese-American writer |
87 | Ken Duken | 1979 | German actor |
88 | Ken Hoang | 1985 | American electronic sports player |
89 | Ken Norton, Jr. | 1966 | American football player and coach |
90 | Ken Takakura | 1931 | Japanese actor |
91 | Ken Blanchard | 1939 | American business writer |
92 | Ken Mehlman | 1966 | American politician and businessman |
93 | Ken Roczen | 1994 | German motorcycle racer |
94 | Ken Caillat | 1946 | American record engineer |
95 | Ken Rosenthal | 1962 | American baseball player |
96 | Ken Murray | 1903 | Entertainer, producer, author |
97 | Ken Tamplin | 1963 | American musician |
98 | Ken Buchanan | 1945 | British boxer |
99 | Ken Giles | 1990 | American baseball player |
100 | Ken Venturi | 1931 | Professional golfer |
101 | Ken Buck | 1959 | American politician |
102 | Ken M | ||
103 | Ken Singleton | 1947 | American baseball player |
104 | Ken Lo | 1957 | Hong Kong actor |
105 | Ken Baker | 1970 | American journalist |
106 | Ken Barrie | 1943 | British actor and musician |
107 | Ken Kwapis | 1957 | American film director |
108 | Ken Bones | British actor | |
109 | Ken Hechler | 1914 | American politician |
110 | Ken Scott | 1947 | British record producer and engineer |
111 | Ken Ryker | 1972 | United States Marine, Bisexual Porn actor, 11 inch (28cm) penis |
112 | Ken Bruen | 1951 | Irish writer |
113 | Ken Ober | 1957 | Actor, game show host, television producer, screenwriter |
114 | Ken Mauer | 1955 | American basketball referee |
115 | Ken Olandt | 1958 | American actor |
116 | Ken Yamamura | 1986 | Japanese actor |
117 | Ken Hirai | 1972 | Japanese singer |
118 | Ken Lawson | 1976 | American actor and producer |
119 | Ken Morrison | 1931 | British businessman |
120 | Ken Kendrick | 1943 | American baseball executive |
121 | Ken Akamatsu | 1968 | Japanese manga artist |
122 | Ken Morley | 1943 | British actor |
123 | Ken Lewis | 1947 | American businessman |
124 | Ken Holland | 1955 | Canadian ice hockey player |
125 | Ken Daneyko | 1964 | Canadian ice hockey player |
126 | Ken Olsen | 1926 | American engineer and businessman |
127 | Ken Miles | 1918 | British racing driver |
128 | Ken Boothe | 1948 | Jamaican musician |
129 | Ken Sailors | 1921 | American basketball player |
130 | Ken Boyer | 1931 | American baseball player and coach |
131 | Ken Warby | 1939 | Australian motorboat racer |
132 | Ken Calvert | 1953 | American politician |
133 | Ken Moelis | 1958 | American banker |
134 | Ken Ono | 1968 | American mathematician |
135 | Ken MacLeod | 1954 | Scottish science fiction writer |
136 | Ken Duke | 1969 | Professional golfer |
137 | Ken Yeang | 1948 | Architect |
138 | Ken Gemes | Philosopher | |
139 | Ken Ilsø | 1986 | Danish footballer |
140 | Ken Westerfield | 1947 | Frisbee player |
141 | Ken Brown | 1957 | Professional golfer |
142 | Ken Brett | 1948 | American baseball player |
143 | Ken Hatfield | 1943 | American college football player and coach |
144 | Ken Lynch | 1910 | American actor |
145 | Ken Andrews | 1967 | American musician |
146 | Ken Penders | American writer | |
147 | Ken Skupski | 1983 | British tennis player |
148 | Ken Monkou | 1964 | Dutch footballer |
149 | Ken Barrington | 1930 | Cricketer |
150 | Ken Stringfellow | 1968 | American musician |
151 | Ken Olisa | 1951 | Businessperson |
152 | Ken Morrow | 1956 | American ice hockey player |
153 | Ken Wyatt | 1952 | Australian politician |
154 | Ken Okuyama | 1959 | Japanese automobile designer |
155 | Ken Spears | 1942 | American writer |
156 | Ken Holtzman | 1945 | American baseball player |
157 | Ken Bevel | American actor | |
158 | Ken Williams | 1954 | American game programmer and entrepreneur |
159 | Ken Alibek | 1950 | Former Soviet physician, microbiologist, and biological warfare expert |
160 | Ken Nordine | 1920 | American actor |
161 | Ken Squier | 1935 | American sports commentator |
162 | Ken Lerner | 1948 | American actor |
163 | Ken Chinn | 1962 | Canadian musician |
164 | Ken Sansom | 1927 | American actor |
165 | Ken Shimura | 1950 | Japanese comedian |
166 | Grégory Ken | 1947 | French singer |
167 | Ken Annakin | 1914 | Film director |
168 | Ken Jones | 1930 | English actor, born 1930 |
169 | Ken Keeler | 1961 | Television writer and producer |
170 | Ken Seeley | 1962 | American writer |
171 | Ken Schwaber | 1945 | American computer scientist |
172 | Ken Behring | 1928 | American real estate developer, former owner of the Seattle Seahawks, and philanthropist |
173 | Ken Macintosh | 1962 | Scottish politician |
174 | Ken Steadman | 1969 | American actor |
175 | Ken Done | 1940 | Australian painter and designer |
176 | Ken Maynard | 1895 | American actor and stunt performer |
177 | Ken Tyrrell | 1924 | Racing driver and Formula one team owner |
178 | Ken James | 1948 | Australian actor |
179 | Ken Hubbs | 1941 | American baseball player |
180 | Ken Hendricks | 1941 | American businessman |
181 | Ken Darby | 1909 | American composer |
182 | Ken Sagoes | 1967 | American actor |
183 | Ken Pomeroy | American sportswriter | |
184 | Ken Goodwin | 1933 | Comedian |
185 | Ken Onion | 1963 | United States Marine |
186 | Ken Hill | 1965 | American baseball player |
187 | Ken Swofford | 1933 | Actor |
188 | Ken Houston | 1944 | American football player and coach |
189 | Ken Erics | ||
190 | Ken Owen | 1970 | British musician |
191 | Ken Sparkes | 1940 | Australian broadcaster |
192 | Ken Ofori-Atta | 1959 | Ghanaian Economist co founder of Databank |
193 | Ken Rosato | 1967 | American television journalist |
194 | Ken Babbs | 1939 | Author and member of The Merry Pranksters |
195 | Ken Owens | 1987 | Welsh rugby union player |
196 | Ken Laszlo | 1954 | Italian Musician |
197 | Ken Hamlin | 1981 | Player of American football |
198 | Ken Warwick | British television director | |
199 | Ken Wallis | 1916 | Leading exponent of autogyros |
200 | Ken Pavés | American hairdresser |