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First name origins & meanings:
- Celtic: Ruler of the valley
- Celtic: Ruler of the valley
- Gaelic: Helmeted chief
- English: Royal obligation
- Irish: Handsome
- Scottish: Good-looking, fair
- English: Dignified
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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