Kerensa

• 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