Kenan (name)

Kenan
	Kenan as depicted in Jacques de Charron's Histoire universelle (1630)
Gender	Male
Other names
Related names	Cainan

Kenan is a male given name.

The name refers to the Abrahamic patriarch Kenan and the region of Canaan. In the Balkans, Kenan is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. The name is also popular in Turkey.

Given name

Kenan Evren (1917–2015), Turkish president
Kenan Erim (1929–1990), Turkish archaeologist
Kenan Doğulu (born 1974), Turkish singer
Kenan İmirzalıoğlu (born 1974), Turkish actor
Kənan Kərimov (born 1976), Azerbaijani footballer
Kenan Özer (born 1987), Turkish footballer
Kenan Şahin (born 1984), Turkish-German footballer
Kenan Şimşek (born 1968), Turkish Olympian sport wrestler and oil wrestler
Kenan Sipahi (born 1995), Turkish basketball player
Kenan Sofuoğlu (born 1983), Turkish motorcycle racer and Member of Parliament (AK Parti)
Kenan Thompson (born 1978), American actor and comedian
Kenan Horić, Bosnian footballer
Kenan Kodro, Bosnian footballer
Kenan Yaghi (born 1976), Syrian politician
Kenan Yıldız, Turkish footballer