Kennedy

Kennedy \ken-ne-dy, ke-nn-edy\ is a female's name. It consists of 7 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby girl name Kennedy used as a what does the name boy name mean, though the use for girls is far more popular. It is pronounced KEH-Neh-Diy- ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Kennedy: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

What is the origin of Kennedy?

Kennedy's language of origin is Celtic. It is used predominantly in English and Gaelic. The meaning of Kennedy is 'ugly head; armored head'. Derived from ceann 'head' ; éidigh 'ugly; armored'. It represents the transferred use of the surname as a given name. See name Kennedy meaning for more info. The name Kennedy is widely used; it has 31 forms. Forms of the name comprise nicknames for Ken, Kenadea name popularity, Kenadee name popularity, Kenadey meaning and origin, baby name Kenadi, name Kenadia meaning, what does the name Kenadie mean, nicknames for Kenady, name Kenedee origin, Kenedey meaning and origin, Kenedi name popularity, Kenedie meaning, Kenedy name popularity, name Kenidee, name Kenidi meaning, name Kenidie meaning, Kenidy meaning and origin, baby name Kennadee, Kennadi meaning, Kennadie meaning of name, Kennady pronounciation, Kennedea name popularity, baby name Kennedee, Kennedey meaning and origin, name Kennedi origin, Kennidee pronounciation, name Kennidi meaning, Kennidy meaning, name Kenny meaning, and Kynnedi name. Another English form is the spelling variant name Kennedie. Kennedy is a popular baby girl name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only very modest use. At the recent height of its usage in 2007, 0.145% of baby girls were named Kennedy. It was #110 in rank then. In 2010, it ranked at #110 with a usage of 0.144%, and it was the most popular within all girl names in its family. Kennedy was used 5 times more than the next ranked name, name Kennedi meaning, in 2010. Although Kennedy is today more frequently used for baby girls, there was a period from 1960 to 1968 when more boys were given the name. After 1994, increasingly the name became more popular with baby girls than with boys. In 2005, 17 times more baby girls than boys were given the name Kennedy.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Kennedy:

the English name Kennedi origin, the African baby name Kainda, the name baby name Kamata, the German Kandida definition, the name Kanitha meaning, the Cambodian name Kannitha, the name Kannytha definition, the name nicknames for Kanthea, the name Kantheah meaning and origin, the name Kanthia name, the name Kanthiya pronounciation, the name short names for Kanthiyah, the name Kanthyah name, the name name Kanytha, the name meaning of Kasenda, the name nicknames for Kashanda, the name Kashandah definition, the name short names for Kashaunda, the name Kashaundah meaning and origin, and the name Kashawnda meaning of name.

The baby name Kennedy fun facts:

The name Kennedy in reverse order is "Ydennek".

The numerological value of the name Kennedy is number 6, which means responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance, sympathy.

How popular is Kennedy?

Kennedy is in the top names in USA.