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, Ken, Kenni, Kindall, Kindell, Kendall, Kendal, Kendell, Kendel, Kendalia, Kendaline, Kenna, Kendra, Ken, Kenni, Kindall, Kindell, Kendall, Kennady, Ken, Canady, Kennedy, Ken, Kevin, Kennet, Kenney, Kenn, Kenneth, Ken, Kent, Kentlea, Kentleigh, Kently, Kentlee, Ken, Kenjon, Kenyawn, Kenyun, Kenyon
Last name origins & meanings:
- Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Coinnigh ‘descendant of Coinneach’, an Old Irish personal
name equivalent to Scottish Kenneth. This was borne by a
6th-century monk and saint who gave his name to the town of
Kilkenny ‘church of Coinneach’.
- Irish: possibly an
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cionaodha ‘descendant of
Cionaodh’, a personal name of unexplained etymology.
Famous people with this first name:
Kenny Loggins,
Kenny Rogers
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