Kengo
Kengo is a boy name of Japanese origin, meaning I.
What Kengo means
I.
Kengo sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Kengo comes from
Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.
Kengo is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Kengo?
Kengo sits outside the top 100 boy names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
Names like Kengo
These share Kengo's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Kaito — Ocean; to soar, to fly.
- Kenji — Strong and wise.
- Kenta — Healthy, strong, big.
- Akira — Bright, clear.
- Daichi — Great land; great wisdom.
- Daiki — Great glory; great tree.
- Haruto — Sun flying; soaring.
- Hayato — Falcon person; swift.
- Hikaru — Light, radiance.
- Isamu — Courage, bravery.
- Katsuhiko — Lad.
- Kazuo — Husband.