Ways to write Kenji

The same sound can be written with different kanji, and each choice changes the meaning. These are the spellings that have appeared in Japan's yearly baby name rankings, most popular first.

健治

健healthy, strong治to govern, heal

Boy, 9 notable people on Wikidata

憲司

憲law, constitution司to direct

Boy, 9 notable people on Wikidata

健司

健healthy, strong司to direct

Boy, 8 notable people on Wikidata

賢治

賢wise治to govern, heal

Boy, 8 notable people on Wikidata

賢二

賢wise二two, second

Boy, 6 notable people on Wikidata

研二

研to polish, study二two, second

Boy, 5 notable people on Wikidata

憲治

憲law, constitution治to govern, heal

Boy, 4 notable people on Wikidata

健児

健healthy, strong児child

Boy, 3 notable people on Wikidata

謙次

謙humble次next, second

Boy, 3 notable people on Wikidata

謙二

謙humble二two, second

Boy, 2 notable people on Wikidata

建二

建to build二two, second

Boy, 2 notable people on Wikidata

賢司

賢wise司to direct

Boy, 2 notable people on Wikidata

Rarer spellings

These spellings of Kenji appear in Japanese name records but are uncommon. Each uses a standard reading of its kanji.

健史healthy + historyBoy

健次healthy + nextBoy

健寿healthy + long lifeBoy

健二healthy + twoBoy

健之healthy + of (classical)Boy

兼治to combine + to governBoy

剣士sword + gentlemanBoy

堅司solid + to directBoy

Famous people named Kenji

Kenji Mizoguchi 溝口 健二Japanese film director and screenwriter (1898-1956)

Kenji Miyazawa 賢治Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896–1933)

Kenji Fukuda 福田 健二Japanese association football player

Kenji Komata 古俣 健次Japanese association football player

Kenji Kawai 川井 憲次Japanese composer

Kenji Arima 有馬 賢二Japanese association football player and manager

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this given name.