Kennedy

English

Etymology

Derived from the Irish Ó Ceannéidigh or Scottish Gaelic Ceannaideach, both "descendant of Head (ceann) + Ugly (éidigh, aideach)".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛnədi/

Proper noun

Kennedy

1. of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Irish or of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Scottish Gaelic origin.
2. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern American usage.
3. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.

Usage notes

• Usage as a middle name is common for people of both sexes.

Translations

surname

• Arabic: كِينِيدِي (kinidī), كِينِيدِي (kenedī)
• Belarusian: Кэ́нэдзі (Kénedzi)
• Bulgarian: Ке́неди (Kénedi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肯尼迪 (zh) (Kěnnídí), (Taiwan) 甘迺迪 (Gānnǎidí)

• Hindi: कैनेडी (kaineḍī)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ケネディ (Kenedi)
• Korean: 케네디 (Kenedi)
• Macedonian: Кенеди (Kenedi)
• Persian: کندی (fa) (kenedi)
• Russian: Ке́ннеди (ru) (Kénnɛdi)
• Ukrainian: Ке́ннеді (Kénnedi)

See also

• Kennedy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• O'Kennedy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clan Kennedy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• John F. Kennedy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Etymology

From English Kennedy, from Irish Ó Ceannéidigh.

Proper noun

Kennedy

1. a male given name from Irish