Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Kenta

健太けんた

A boy name with 3 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 健太, combines healthy + thick.

Hiragana
けんた
Katakana
ケンタ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Kenta
Morae
3 けんた
Gender
Boy

Kanji spellings

The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.

Nicknames

How friends and family might shorten Kenta. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • けんくんken-kun
  • けんちゃんken-chan
  • けんたくんkenta-kun
  • けんたちゃんkenta-chan
  • けーちゃんke-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji