First names in Hebrew

First name Kenneth: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

קנת׳

Gematria value: 550

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Kenneth is written קנת׳

Meaning and origin

What does Kenneth mean?

Meaning: "handsome" or "born of fire"
Origin: Scottish

Kenneth is the English form of two Scottish Gaelic names, Cináed, perhaps "born of fire", and Coinneach, "handsome". Kenneth MacAlpin, in the ninth century, is remembered as the first king of the Scots. It was widely given in America and Britain in the 1940s and 1950s. Ken and Kenny are its short forms.

Gematria

Kenneth = 550

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. קנת׳ has 3 letters:

• קthe letter Kuf100
• נthe letter Nun50
• תthe letter Tav400
• Total550

The verse of the name

From the letter Kuf to the letter Tav

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Kenneth, from ק to ת:

קָטֹנְתִּי מִכֹּל הַחֲסָדִים וּמִכׇּל־הָאֱמֶת אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ אֶת־עַבְדֶּךָ כִּי בְמַקְלִי עָבַרְתִּי אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה וְעַתָּה הָיִיתִי לִשְׁנֵי מַחֲנוֹת׃

“I am too small for all the kindness and all the faithfulness You have shown Your servant: with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.”

Genesis 32:11

The book of your first name

Kenneth, in nine pages

• Kenneth, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Kenneth
• Kenneth, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Kenneth in three answers

How do you write Kenneth in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Kenneth is written קנת׳.

What is the gematria value of Kenneth?
Written קנת׳, Kenneth is worth 550: the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter Tav (400).

What does Kenneth mean?
Handsome" or "born of fire (origin: Scottish). Kenneth is the English form of two Scottish Gaelic names, Cináed, perhaps "born of fire", and Coinneach, "handsome". Kenneth MacAlpin, in the ninth century, is remembered as the first king of the Scots. It was widely given in America and Britain in the 1940s and 1950s. Ken and Kenny are its short forms.