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KaneIn Hebrew: כנה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: כַּנֵּהRomanization: kané

Kane (Hebrew: כנה) is a girl's name. 157 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 10 girls and ranked #703. Its peak year was 2014, with 12 babies.

People in Israel
157
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
10
rank #703
Peak year
2014
12 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Kane

In Hebrew letters the name is כנה, read right to left. Kane is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "kané" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • a male given name in antiquity

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Kane by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Kane: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Kane

How do you write Kane in Hebrew?

Kane is written כנה in Hebrew (with vowel points: כַּנֵּה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "kané".

How many people in Israel are named Kane?

157 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name כנה: 157 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Kane a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named כנה are women.

What does the name Kane mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name in antiquity"

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.