Kenya

Place name, Kikuyu

"mountain of white"

Kenya Origin and Meaning

The name Kenya is a boy's name of Russian, African origin meaning "mountain of white".

A bold and evocative African place name. The country of Kenya gets its name from Mount Kenya, referred to it as "Kirinyaga" or "Kerenyaga" by the local Kikuyu people, meaning "mountain of whiteness" due to its snow-capped peak.

Kenya Rank in US Top 1000

# 747 in the US

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Kenya in Pop Culture

• Kenya Kobayashi character in the anime "Erased"