First name origins & meanings:
- English: Royal obligation
- Irish: Handsome
- Scottish: Good-looking, fair
First name variations: Ken, Kevin, Kennet, Kenny, Kenney, Kenn Last name origin & meaning: Scottish: from a Gaelic personal name (Coinneach) meaning
‘handsome’, now generally Anglicized as Kenneth, although this
was originally the Anglicized form of Cionaodh (see
McKinney). Etymologically, this surname is equivalent to
Kenny (which can arise from either personal name) and
McKenzie (which is from Coinneach). Famous people who gave their babies this name:
Kenny Rogers This name appears in the following lists:
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