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Meaning of the nameKenedy

Kenedy 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 Kenedy is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Cennétig · Wiktionary: Kennedy

People (2022)
8,315
Rank in Brazil
#1,937
Median age
20 years
2010 Census
6,410
people

Kenedy in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kenedy, 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 (2,368 people).

113 women 8,202 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 Kenedy is most common

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

  1. Acre 0.016%
  2. Amazonas 0.014%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.008%
  4. Pará 0.008%
  5. Goiás 0.007%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais1,5350.008%
São Paulo1,4830.003%
Pará6050.008%
Amazonas5330.014%
Goiás5220.007%
Bahia4470.003%
Paraná2970.003%
Maranhão2880.004%
Pernambuco2310.003%
Mato Grosso2250.006%
Rio de Janeiro2040.001%
Santa Catarina1870.003%
Ceará1850.002%
Paraíba1640.004%
Distrito Federal1630.006%
Espírito Santo1580.004%
Piauí1430.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul1400.005%
Rio Grande do Sul1370.001%
Acre1290.016%
Alagoas1180.004%
Rio Grande do Norte1050.003%
Sergipe780.004%
Rondônia720.005%
Tocantins690.005%
Roraima680.011%
Amapá290.004%

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

The spelling Kenedy

It simplifies the double N but keeps the final Y.

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 Kenedy

What does the name Kenedy mean?

Kenedy 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 Kenedy is a spelling.

How many people are named Kenedy in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,315 people with the first name Kenedy, which ranks it number 1,937 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Kenedy is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 113 women and 8,202 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Kenedy?

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

In which Brazilian state is Kenedy most common?

Proportionally, in Acre: 0.016% of the state's population is named Kenedy (129 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kenedy?

Kennedy and Kenedi. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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