Entry № 5373 · Indonesian origin

Kenanga Kenanga — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ keh-NAHNG-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Indonesian
Meaning
"The ylang-ylang flower"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "the ylang-ylang flower".

Kenanga is the ylang-ylang — a heavily fragrant tropical blossom. It carries sweetness and lush beauty.

The ylang-ylang flower — a Indonesian name.

The name in its native script.

Kenanga
Transliteration
Kenanga
Pronunciation
/ keˈna.ŋa /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kenanga stands.

Kenanga does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Kenangas before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Kenanga.

The number behind Kenanga.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kenanga reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.