At a Glance
- Meaning
- Open land or exposed country
- Origin
- Miami-Illinois
- Gender
- Unisex
- Pronunciation
- kang-kuh-KEE
Kankakee is a Miami-Illinois unisex name meaning “open land or exposed country”. It appears in our list of 175+ State-Inspired Baby Names as American as They Come.
Meaning & Origin of Kankakee
Meaning: Open land or exposed country.
Origin: Miami-Illinois.
A common claim: "wolf country" Actually: Kankakee comes from an indigenous Miami-Illinois word for 'open land', not 'wolf country'.
Source: Wikipedia.
How to Pronounce Kankakee
kang-kuh-KEEIPA /ˌkæŋkəˈkiː/
Popularity of Kankakee
Kankakee doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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