Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 謙三, 健三, 賢三, etc.(Japanese Kanji) けんぞう(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /ke̞ɰ̃.zo̞ː/ Meaning & History From Japanese 謙 (ken) meaning "humble", 健 (ken) meaning "healthy, strong" or 賢 (ken) meaning "wise" combined with 三 (zō) meaning "three". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.