Ken
Meaning: In Japanese, depending on the character used to represent it, this name can mean ''Healthy'' or ''The ideal.''
Languages: This boy's name is used in English and Japanese.
Nicknames: Kennie
Popularity: The name Ken ranked 265th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
Miscellaneous
- J.K. Ken Ralston
- National Cowboy Hall of Fame (see list of National Cowboy Hall of Fame)
Sports
- Ken Anderson
American football player.
- 1981 National Football League Player of the Year (see list of NFL Players of the Year)
- Ken Boyer
Baseball player.
- 1964 National League Most Valuable Player (see list of National League Most Valuable Players)
- Ken Caminiti
Baseball player.
- 1996 National League Most Valuable Player (see list of National League Most Valuable Players)
- Ken Dryden
Hockey player.
- 1973, 1976-79 Vezina Trophy winner (see list of Vezina Trophy Winners)
- 1972 Calder Memorial Trophy winner (see list of Calder Memorial Trophy Winners)
- Ken Henry
American athlete.
- 1952 Olympic speed skating gold medal winner for 500m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Speed Skating)
- Ken Houston
- Elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1986 (see list of Professional Football Hall of Fame)
- Ken Hubbs
Baseball player.
- 1962 National League Rookie of the Year (see list of National League Rookies of the Year)
- Ken McGregor
- 1952 Australian Tennis champion (see list of Australian Open Tennis Champions)
- Ken Morrow
American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.
- 1980 Associated Press Athlete of the Year, with his teammates (see list of Associated Press Athletes of the Year)
- 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates (see list of Sports Illustrated Sportsmen of the Year)
- Ken Nagle
- 1960 British Open golf champion (see list of British Open Golf Champions)
- Ken Norton (born 1943)
American heavyweight boxer.
- Member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame (see list of Modern inductees)
- Ken Rosewall
- 1956, 1970 U.S. Open tennis champion (see list of U.S. Open Tennis Champions)
- 1953, 1968 French Open tennis champion (see list of French Open Tennis Champions)
- 1953, 1955, 1971-72 Australian Open tennis champion (see list of Australian Open Tennis Champions)
- Ken Shelley
- 1972 U.S. Figure Skating champion (see list of United States Figure Skating Champions)
- Ken Stabler
American football player.
- 1974, 1976 American Football Conference Player of the Year (see list of NFL Players of the Year)
- Ken Strong
- Elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1967 (see list of Professional Football Hall of Fame)
- Ken Venturi
American golfer.
- 1964 U.S. Open golf tournament winner (see list of U.S. Open Golf Champions)
- 1964 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (see list of Sports Illustrated Sportsmen of the Year)
Stage and Screen
- Ken Carpenter
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio (see list of Radio Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Ken Curtis (born 1916, died 1991)
American actor and producer.
- Portrayed Deputy Festus Haggen from 1964-75 (see list of Actors on ''Gunsmoke'')
- Ken Hanes
- Actor on soap opera ''''The Bold and the Beautiful'''' (see list of Performers on ''The Bold and The Beautiful'')
- Ken
Characters with this name appeared in films directed by Woody Allen.
- Portrayed by Billy Crudup (see list of Characters in the film Everyone Says I Love You)
- Portrayed by Kenneth Edelson (see list of Characters in the film Mighty Aphrodite)
- Portrayed by Ian Holm (see list of Characters in the film Another Woman)
- Portrayed by David Spielberg (see list of Characters in the film Alice)
- Ken Maynard (born 1895, died 1973)
American actor.
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Ken & Bob Arthur Minyard
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio (see list of Radio Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Ken Murray
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio (see list of Radio Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Ken Olin (born 1954)
American actor.
- Portrayed Det. Harry Garibaldi (see list of Actors on ''Hill Street Blues'')
- Ken Osmond (born 1943)
- Portrayed Eddie Haskell (see list of Actors on ''Leave it to Beaver'')
- Ken Swofford
Actor.
- Portrayed Lt. Perry Catalano (see list of Actors on ''Murder, She Wrote'')
The Literary World
- Ken DeMott
Fictional character.
- A man from Las Vegas in Stephen King''s novel The Stand (see list of Characters in The Stand)
- Ken Geiger
- 1993 Pulitzer Prize winner for Spot News Photography (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography)
- Ken Kesey (born 1935)
American novelist and farmer.
- Wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo''s Nest and Sometimes a Great Notion (see list of Writers of the Beat Generation)
Teasing Nicknames:
- Ken Doll
- Kenya
- Kentucky
- Malibu Ken
Associations:
Ken is the name of the male counterpart to the Barbie doll, and has become a slang designation for a good-looking but dull man.
