First name origins & meanings:
- Irish, Scottish: Chief with helmet
- Gaelic: Helmeted chief
First name variations: Kennedi, Kennady, Kenny, Ken, Canady Last name origins & meanings:
- Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Ceannéidigh ‘descendant of Ceannéidigh’, a personal
name derived from ceann ‘head’ + éidigh ‘ugly’.
- Kennedy ancestral lands are found both in Ireland and in Scotland,
where the family’s medieval ancestral seat is sited on the Ayrshire
coast, facing the Irish Sea.
This name appears in the following lists:
First Ladies,
Cities,
Presidents' Kids,
U.S. Presidents
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