Save Gender Feminine Usage Arabic Scripts كِنَانةَ(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. kih-NAH-nuh [key] Other Forms FormsKinanah Meaning & History Kinana means “quiver”, as in a container that holds arrows. Kinana is also the name of an Arabian tribe to which the Prophet Muhammad belonged. (He belonged to the Quraysh, a branch of the Kinana.)