- Origin: Cornish
- Meaning: “love; charity.”
- Gender: feminine
- Pron: kə-REN-zə.
The name comes directly from the Welsh word for “love; charity.” It came into use in the 19th-century when an interest in reviving Cornish became popular in Cornwall.
An Anglicized spelling is Kerenza.
- https://www.behindthename.com/name/kerensa
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kerensa
- https://gocornish.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/personal-names.pdf
- https://www.cornwalllive.com/whats-on/family-kids/most-popular-baby-names-cornish-1953943
