First names in Hebrew

First name Kenny: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

קני

Gematria value: 160

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Kenny is written קני

Kenny is a pet form of Kenneth.

Meaning and origin

What does Kenny 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

Kenny = 160

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

• קthe letter Kuf100
• נthe letter Nun50
• יthe letter Yod10
• Total160

The verse of the name

From the letter Kuf to the letter Yod

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 Kenny, from ק to י:

קְנֵה חׇכְמָה קְנֵה בִינָה אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח וְאַל־תֵּט מֵאִמְרֵי־פִי׃

“Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.”

Proverbs 4:5

The book of your first name

Kenny, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Kenny in three answers

How do you write Kenny in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Kenny is written קני. Kenny is a pet form of Kenneth.

What is the gematria value of Kenny?
Written קני, Kenny is worth 160: the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter Yod (10).

What does Kenny 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.