Kenojuak

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Girl or boy · Inuktitut

Kenojuak

Say it: KEN-oh-joo-ak

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Meaning

Uncertain; no published translation is agreed.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Inuit names are traditionally passed on from a person who has died and are not tied to gender.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Inuit

The family of the name

Other spellings: Kinuajuak

Famous bearers

Kenojuak Ashevak, Inuit artist known for The Enchanted Owl

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Where this comes from

Published resources of the nation concerned

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.