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Meaning of the nameKennedy

Kennedy is a male name taken from the Irish surname Ó Cinnéidigh, linked to Cennétig, a name that may mean 'armed head' or 'misshapen head'.

Meaning

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

Source: Behind the Name: Cennétig · Wiktionary: Kennedy

People (2022)
12,629
Rank in Brazil
#1,451
Median age
21 years
2010 Census
7,487
people

Kennedy in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kennedy, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (3,649 people).

96 women 12,533 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 Kennedy is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.019%
  2. Acre 0.016%
  3. Distrito Federal 0.012%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.011%
  5. Paraíba 0.011%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2,3990.005%
Minas Gerais2,3380.011%
Amazonas7400.019%
Goiás7380.011%
Bahia6610.005%
Pará5940.007%
Pernambuco4940.006%
Paraíba4220.011%
Ceará3860.004%
Paraná3700.003%
Maranhão3660.005%
Rio de Janeiro3580.002%
Distrito Federal3310.012%
Piauí2810.009%
Mato Grosso2780.008%
Rio Grande do Norte2480.008%
Espírito Santo2390.006%
Rio Grande do Sul2090.002%
Santa Catarina2070.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul1810.007%
Alagoas1800.006%
Acre1340.016%
Sergipe1250.006%
Rondônia1140.007%
Tocantins980.007%
Roraima970.015%
Amapá410.006%

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

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.

It is the most common spelling in the group and the one that keeps the double N and the Y of the English form of the surname.

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 Kennedy

What does the name Kennedy mean?

Kennedy means “from the Irish surname Ó Cinnéidigh, linked to the name Cennétig, 'armed head' or 'misshapen head'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Kennedy in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,629 people with the first name Kennedy, which ranks it number 1,451 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Kennedy is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 96 women and 12,533 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Kennedy?

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

In which Brazilian state is Kennedy most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.019% of the state's population is named Kennedy (740 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kennedy?

Kenedy and Kenedi. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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