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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Celtic: Ruler of the valley
  2. Celtic: Ruler of the valley
  3. Gaelic: Helmeted chief
  4. English: Royal obligation
  5. Irish: Handsome
  6. Scottish: Good-looking, fair
  7. English: Dignified
  8. Gaelic: Blond-haired

First name variations: Kendal, Kendell, Kendel, Kendalia, Kendaline, Kenna, Kendra, Kenny, Kenni, Kindall, Kindell, Kendall, Kendal, Kendell, Kendel, Kendalia, Kendaline, Kenna, Kendra, Kenny, Kenni, Kindall, Kindell, Kendall, Kennady, Kenny, Canady, Kennedy, Kevin, Kennet, Kenny, Kenney, Kenn, Kenneth, Kenny, Kent, Kentlea, Kentleigh, Kently, Kentlee, Kenjon, Kenny, Kenyawn, Kenyun, Kenyon

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English: habitational name for someone from either of two places named Kenn, in Devon and Avon, both of which take their name from the streams on which they stand.
  2. English: from Anglo-French ken, chen ‘dog’ (Old French chien), possibly applied as a nickname or as a metonymic name for someone who kept hunting dogs.
  3. Perhaps also a respelling of German Kenn, either from a short form of the personal name Konrad or a habitational name from Kenn, near Trier.

This name appears in the following lists: Poets