Entry № 5394 · Cornish origin

Kerensa Kerensa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ keh-REN-sah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Cornish
Meaning
"Love"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern (Cornish)

A name that means "love".

Kerensa is the Cornish word for "love." Cornish is the Celtic language of Cornwall, revived in the 20th century after being dormant.

Kerensa is rising in Cornwall and the UK as part of the Cornish revival.

Love. The revived Cornish word.

The name in its native script.

Kerensa
Transliteration
Kerensa
Pronunciation
/ kəˈrɛn.sə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kerensa stands.

Kerensa 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.

Kerensas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Kerensa
Used in Poldark Cornwall.

Names connected to Kerensa.

The number behind Kerensa.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kerensa reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.