Kenán is pronounced 'keh-naan' (emphasis on 'nan', hence the acute accent on the a) Kenan means 'strong leader' Other meanings of Kenan : "Acquire", "Own", "Owner", The name Kenan first appeared in the Biblical book of Genesis. Kenan was actually an ancestor of Christ. Chapter 5 of Genesis reveals the genealogy: Adam had a son Seth, who had a son Enosh, who had a son KENAN KENAN had a son Mahalalel, who had a son Jared, who had a son Enoch. Generations later, millennia later, from Kenan's line came the greatest Leader of all time, Jesus Christ The name- why,how,where,when? A few days before the scan which would reveal the gender, Yasmina had a dream that the baby was a boy called Kenán, who looked jus as Kenán looks. Many think it is a derivative of Ken; in fact somebody asked Ken if his wife was called Ann!