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Kenzo

Kenzo: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“healthy and three”
Origin
Japanese
Say it
KEN-zoh · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

Kenzo is a Japanese masculine name often written with kanji such as 健三, though other kanji are possible. Its exact nuance depends on the characters used.

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How popular is Kenzo?

2024146 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Kenzo in 2024485

2024 rank#587 boys

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 18804,247

Kenzo is rising: use over the last five years is 6.1× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Kenzo

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Kobegod's door · Japanese
  • Raidenthunder and lightning · Japanese
  • Kodauncertain · Japanese
  • Roninmasterless samurai · Japanese
  • Kaizenimprovement; change for better · Japanese
  • Kenjihealthy second son · Japanese
  • Zenmeditation · Japanese
  • Jiraiyauncertain; likely a legendary personal name · Japanese

Kenzo questions

What does the name Kenzo mean?

Kenzo means "healthy and three". It comes from Japanese. Kenzo is a Japanese masculine name often written with kanji such as 健三, though other kanji are possible. Its exact nuance depends on the characters used.

Is Kenzo a boy or girl name?

Kenzo is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kenzo?

485 US babies were named Kenzo in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Kenzo?

Kenzo is usually pronounced KEN-zoh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.