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Kewana
Pronounced kee-WAH-nuh /kiˈwɑnə/Low
Meaning: Kewana is a modern American coinage joining the productive Ke- opening to a -wana ending, close in shape to Dewana and Lawana. It has no fixed dictionary meaning; like its cousins, it was created for its soft, rolling sound in the inventive naming of the later twentieth century.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Kewana is an invented name from the Ke- prefix and a -wana ending, carrying no older-language root. It belongs with Dewana and Lawana in the coinages that flourished in African American naming through the nineteen-seventies and eighties.
It was never common, given to only about fifteen girls a year at its peak around 1980. A woman named Kewana then is in her mid-forties today, from the era of these prefixed coinages.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Kewana mean?
It is a coined name from the Ke- prefix and a -wana ending, with no fixed dictionary meaning.
How do you pronounce Kewana?
It is said kee-WAH-nuh /kiˈwɑnə/ - three syllables.
Is Kewana a boy or girl name?
Kewana is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Kewana?
It has always been rare, given to only about fifteen girls a year at its peak around the start of the nineteen-eighties.