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Meaning of the nameKenedi

Kenedi is a spelling of the name Kennedy, which means “from the Irish surname Ó Cinnéidigh, linked to the name Cennétig, 'armed head' or 'misshapen head'”.

Meaning

“from the Irish surname Ó Cinnéidigh, linked to the name Cennétig, 'armed head' or 'misshapen head'”

Meaning of the name Kennedy, of which Kenedi is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Cennétig · Wiktionary: Kennedy

People (2022)
1,858
Rank in Brazil
#5,369
Median age
20 years
2010 Census
3,186
people

Kenedi in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kenedi, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (536 people).

38 women 1,820 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Kenedi is most common

States with the highest share of people named Kenedi in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Pará 0.002%
  2. Goiás 0.002%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  4. Paraná 0.001%
  5. Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3200.001%
Minas Gerais1980.001%
Pará1570.002%
Paraná1150.001%
Goiás1080.002%
Rio Grande do Sul1060.001%
Bahia1010.001%
Amazonas900.002%
Mato Grosso900.003%
Santa Catarina880.001%
Pernambuco640.001%
Maranhão510.001%
Rio de Janeiro500.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul390.001%
Espírito Santo380.001%
Ceará370.000%
Acre300.004%
Distrito Federal250.001%
Piauí240.001%
Paraíba220.001%
Tocantins220.002%
Alagoas200.001%
Rondônia180.001%
Rio Grande do Norte150.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Kenedi

It simplifies the double N and swaps the Y for I, adapting the ending to Portuguese spelling.

About the name Kennedy

Kennedy comes from the Irish surname Ó Cinnéidigh, which derives from the Old Irish name Cennétig, according to Behind the Name. This name joins cenn, 'head', to a second element read as étiud, 'armor', or étig, 'ugly, misshapen'; Wiktionary breaks the surname down into ceann, 'head', and éidigh, 'ugly'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,629 people named Kennedy, with a median age of 21. The name is almost always male and, proportionally, most common in Amazonas. Kenedy and Kenedi appear in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil as spelling variants.

Other spellings of Kennedy

SpellingPeople (2022)
Kennedy12,629
Kenedy8,315
Kenedi1,858

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Kennedy · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Cennétig · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Kennedy · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Kennedy · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Kenedi

What does the name Kenedi mean?

Kenedi means “from the Irish surname Ó Cinnéidigh, linked to the name Cennétig, 'armed head' or 'misshapen head'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Kennedy, of which Kenedi is a spelling.

How many people are named Kenedi in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,858 people with the first name Kenedi, which ranks it number 5,369 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Kenedi a boy's or a girl's name?

Kenedi is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 38 women and 1,820 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Kenedi?

Kenedi is a name of Celtic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Kenedi most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.002% of the state's population is named Kenedi (157 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kenedi?

Kennedy and Kenedy. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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