Type Country & Mountain
Usage English, Kikuyu, Swahili, French, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Greek, Turkish
Scripts Κένυα(Greek)
Meaning & History
The country is named for Mount Kenya, which in the Kikuyu language is called Kĩrĩnyaga meaning "the one having stripes".
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesKeniya(Bulgarian) Kenija(Croatian) Keňa(Czech) Kenia(Dutch) Kenia(Finnish) Kenia(German) Kenija(Latvian) Kenija(Lithuanian) Kenija(Macedonian) Kenia(Polish) Quênia(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Quénia(Portuguese (European)) Keniya(Russian) Kenija(Serbian) Keňa(Slovak) Kenija(Slovene) Kenia(Spanish) Keniya(Ukrainian)
Given Name DescendantKenya(English)
User SubmissionKénya