Meaning of name Kenny

The name Kenny has the following meaning:

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

As a baby boy name, Kenny is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 475 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Kenny fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 80 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 617 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Kenny in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Kenny is very likely a(n) Welsh variant of the name Kendall. See other suggested Welsh baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Kendall.

The following names are baby names related to Kenny and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Kenny: Boys - Aneurin, Arvel, Caden, Cedric, Evan, Gavin, Hywel, Llewellyn, Llewelyn, Lloyd, Maddox, Girls - Delyth, Both genders - Bryn, Carey

The name Kenny is a variant of Kendall. Other popular variants of the name Kendall are: Cendal (Welsh), Cendale, Cendel, Cendell, Cendhal, Cendhall, Cendill, Cendle, Cendyl, Cendyll, Cenny, Kandal (Welsh), Kandale, Kandel, Kandell, Kandhal, Kandhall, Kandill, Kandle, Kandyl, Kandyll, Kanny, Kendal (Welsh), Kendale, Kendel, Kendell, Kendhal, Kendhall, Kendill, Kendle, Kendyl, Kendyll, Kenny

We think the name Kenny should fall under the following style category: Celtic.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Kenny to be: Rich, well-educated, hardworking and kind-hearted guy

In one word, you might describe Kenny as a(n) "well-educated" person.

See other "well-educated" names for boys and girls.