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Kenji name meaning

First Name
4k
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
<100
in the U.S.
in 2010
Girls
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Kenji mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Kenji

User Submitted Origins

Japanese
67%
African
13%
English
7%
Filipino (Philippines)
7%
Vietnamese
7%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A user from California, U.S. says the name Kenji is of Japanese origin and means "WISE".
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Wiktionary

Borrowed from Japanese けんじ (Kenji).

  1. A Japanese male given name from Japanese

Kenji was also found in the following language(s): Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Tagalog

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Notable Persons Named Kenji

Notable Persons Named Kenji

Kenji Fujimoto

Kenji Fujimoto is a chef and writer. Kenji was born in 1947 in Japan.

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Kenji Mizoguchi

Kenji Mizoguchi was a film director, screenwriter, film editing, and editor. His career lasted from 1923 to 1923. Kenji was born on May 16th, 1898 in Hongo, Tokyo, Japan. Kenji is also known as Goteken. He passed away on August 24th, 1956.

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Kenji Kawai

Kenji Kawai is a film score, electronic music, and instrumental musician. He was most active from 1986 to present. Kenji was born on April 23rd, 1957 in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan.

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Kenji Goto

Kenji Goto was a journalist. He was most prominent from 1991 to 2015. Kenji was born on October 23rd, 1967. He passed away on January 30th, 2015.

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Damo Suzuki

Damo Suzuki is a krautrock musician. He was most prominent from 1970 to 1974. Damo was given the name Kenji Suzuki on January 16th, 1950.

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Kenji Miyazawa

Kenji Miyazawa was a children's literature and poetry writer, poet, teacher, geologist, and japanese poetry. Kenji was born on August 27th, 1896 in Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan. He died on September 21st, 1933.

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  • Kenji Miyamoto
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    Singing
  • Kenji Gorré
    Soccer Player
  • Kenji Kamiyama
    Anime Television and Film Director
  • Kenji Eno
    Composer
  • Kenji Hatanaka
    Military Person
  • Kenji Fujimori
    Member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru
  • Kenji Ohba
    Actor
  • Kenji Johjima
    Baseball
  • Kenji Nagai
    Photojournalism
  • Kenji Yanagiya
  • Kenji Fukuda
    Soccer Player
  • Kenji Eda
  • Kenji Osawa

Notable Persons With the Last Name Kenji

Notable Persons With the Last Name Kenji

General Doihara Kenji

General Doihara Kenji is a military person. His military service ended in 1945.

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Tsuruta Kenji

Tsuruta was born in 1961.

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Ueda Kenji

Ueda Kenji is a rock music, alternative rock, and punk rock musician. He plays Bass guitar. Ueda was born on August 30th, 1965.

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Ōshio Kenji

Ōshio was born on January 4th, 1948 in Kitakyushu.

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Daidō Kenji

Daidō was born on August 21st, 1982 in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan. Daidō is also known as Nakanishi and Kenji.

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Ganyū Kenji

Ganyū was born on August 6th, 1970 in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan.

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Fun Facts about the name Kenji

  • How Popular is the name Kenji? Kenji is the 4,504th most popular name of all time.
  • How many people with the first name Kenji have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,964 babies born with the first name Kenji in the United States. That's more than enough people named Kenji to occupy the territory of Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 3,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Kenji? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1913 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  • When was Kenji first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Kenji is Wednesday, December 27th, 1871.
  • What year had the most people named Kenji born? The highest recorded use of the first name Kenji was in 2009 with a total of 159 babies.
  • Random Kenji Factoid: According to the 1933 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Kenji ranks 103rd in popularity as a baby boy's name in Hawaii. Imagine that, 6 babies in Hawaii have the same name in 1933.
  • Weird things about the name Kenji: The name spelled backwards is Ijnek. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Kjein. How do you pronounce that?
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