Kencana Kencana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Kencana is from the Sanskrit kāñcana (काञ्चन — gold) — adopted in Malay-Indonesian feminine naming. A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit-Indonesian heritage aesthetic. Kencana is one of the foundational Malay-Indonesian feminine royal-aesthetic names — central to traditional Nusantara naming heritage. Princess Kencanawungu (Kencana Wungu) was the foundational queen regnant of the Majapahit Empire (reigning c. 1328-1350 as Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi) — one of the foundational Indonesian queens whose reign saw the foundational expansion of the Majapahit Empire across the Malay archipelago. Foundational subject of Indonesian wayang topeng dance-drama. Kencana Sari — common Indonesian-Malay name compound (Golden Essence). Foundational Indonesian royal feminine name.

Featured throughout Indonesian heritage.