Kennedy is a first name for girls, occasionally also given to boys.
The first name Kennedy is one of the top 100 most popular girls names in the US – currently at #65 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Kennedy, accounting for approximately 0.20 % of all newborn girls. In the entire USA, approximately 87,582 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Kennedy. That is 0.03 % of all living Americans.
Kennedy is a name of Irish origin, and it is derived from the Gaelic surname O’Cinnéide, which means ‘descendant of Cinnéidigh’. Cinnéidigh is a personal name meaning ‘ugly head’ or ‘ugly-headed’ in Gaelic. The name Kennedy originally referred to a person with a distinctive or unusual head shape.
What is a descendant? A descendant is a person who is related to another person through an ancestor or ancestors. For example, a child is a descendant of his or her parents, a grandchild is a descendant of a grandparent, and so on.
Kennedy McMann (*1996)
Kennedy McMann is an American actress best known for her role as Nancy Drew in the television series of the same name. The series, which first aired in 2019, follows the life of Nancy Drew, a teenage detective who solves mysterious cases in her hometown in Maine. She has received many positive reviews for her portrayal. McMann has also worked on other projects, including plays and short films. She studied acting at Carnegie Mellon University and has worked on a variety of projects since graduating.
Mr. Kennedy (*1976)
In 2006, Ken Anderson was introduced under the ring name Mr. Kennedy. During his time in WWE, he was considered one of the most talented and promising wrestlers and had many prominent feuds and matches. Mr. Kennedy has also worked in other wrestling leagues, including the independent league TNA, where he became known as a member of the group 'Immortal'. Since his retirement from wrestling, he has worked on various projects, including film and television appearances. For example, in 2016 he opened a wrestling school called 'The Academy' in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Kennedy Davenport (*1980)
Kennedy Davenport is an American drag queen and performance artist, best known for competing on the seventh season of 'RuPaul's Drag Race'. She is known for her dancing skills and many notable performances. Since her appearance on 'RuPaul's Drag Race', Kennedy has participated in numerous events and tours and has become a sought-after performance artist. She has also won several titles in drag pageants, including Miss Gay Orlando 2016, Miss D'Elegance International 2013, and Miss Gay Black USofA 2009.
Kennedy Kane McArthur (1881/82 - 1960)
Ken McArthur (real name: Kennedy Kane McArthur) was a South African marathon runner and Olympic champion. He became famous when he ran the marathon at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. The race took place in intense heat, and the Portuguese Francisco Lạro died of heat stroke. McArthur and fellow countryman Christopher Gitsham quickly took the lead. Confident of victory, Gitsham stopped for a drink, expecting his colleague to join him as agreed. Instead, McArthur ran on, increasing his lead and crossing the line 58 seconds ahead of Gitsham.
When you hear the name Kennedy, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Kennedy? Are you also called Kennedy? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
is located in the Western Province of the Pacific Island Republic of Solomon Islands. In 1943, future U.S. President John F. Kennedy and his crew were stranded on the island.
is the largest lake on Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia, named after the last governor of the Vancouver Island Colony, Sir Arthur Kennedy.
you'll find one of the deepest gold mines in the Mother Lode, the Kennedy Gold Mine. Closed in 1942, it has since been reopened as a tourist attraction.
you can find mountains named Kennedy, e.g. in Antarctica (Kennedy Peak), in Burma (Kennedy Peak), in Canada (Mount Kennedy) and in California (Kennedy Peak).
A steep glacier about 0.8 miles (1.3 km) long in East Antarctica's Victoria Land, named for Henry Kennedy, deputy director of ITT Antarctic Services from 1985 to 1990.
This is a real surprise! Kennedy is a name that has been around for a long time, but only really took off in the 21st century. In the year 2014, it reached its best rank at #50 according to our SmartGenius statistics. This makes Kennedy much more popular than in previous generations, where it was so rare for several years that it was not even recorded in the statistics. While the name Kennedy was observed for the first time ever in 1912, it now seems to have found its place in the zeitgeist of the 21st century. In 2014, the year of its highest popularity, the name was given a total of 4,655 times. Whether this beautiful girls' name can repeat or even exceed its previous best ranking in the coming years remains to be seen, but the prospects are promising given the positive trend.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Kennedy was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
In 2022, Kennedy ranked #71 in our SmartGenius statistics. In absolute figures, this means it was given to newborn girls a total of 3,164 times. No one knows what names (or combinations of numbers and letters) will be popular 50 years from now, but given its popularity in the early years of this millennium, there is a good chance that Kennedy will not disappear from the screen anytime soon.
The name Kennedy may not be in the top rankings of the most popular girls’ names, but it is one of the few female given names, along with only 536 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Kennedy is apparently especially popular in Nevada. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular women’s names here either, one in 642 women in Nevada is called Kennedy. In total, that’s 696 women who feel addressed when the name Kennedy is shouted loudly across Nevada and who ensure that their name makes it to #182 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common female names in this nice state. If you asked all women in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Kennedy as the answer a total of 83,663 times. This places Kennedy at #376 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular women’s names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living women across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Kennedy as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter K is a real popular first letter for girls' names. That’s because 7.5% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters A, S and M are more common for girls' names.
With seven letters, the name Kennedy has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 7.5% of all girls' names start with a K, this initial letter occurs more than twice as often as all 26 letters on average. Interesting detail: of all the girls' names that begin with a K, Karen is the most common.
If your name is Kennedy and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Kennedy, you can simply say:
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Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
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Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Kennedy sounds like this:
