Kenta
Kenta is a boy name of Japanese origin, ranked #102 in popularity, meaning Healthy, strong, big.
What Kenta means
Healthy, strong, big.
Kenta 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 Kenta 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.
Kenta is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Kenta?
Kenta is ranked #102, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Kenta
We group Kenta under strength. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Strong
Names like Kenta
These share Kenta's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Kenji — Strong and wise.
- Daiki — Great glory; great tree.
- Hayato — Falcon person; swift.
- Takeshi — Fierce, strong warrior.
- Tatsuya — Dragon; to accomplish.
- Arthur — Bear; noble and courageous.
- Atlas — Enduring; the Titan who bears the sky.
- Bjorn — Bear.
- Elijah — Yahweh is my God.
- Ethan — Strong, firm, enduring.
- Everett — Brave as a wild boar.
- Gabriel — God is my strength.