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First name origins & meanings:

  1. English: Royal obligation
  2. Irish: Handsome
  3. 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: Saints