Family name origins & meanings
- Probably of German origin : from a topographic name composed of the elements Kenn, the name of a place near Trier, + beck ‘stream’ (Bach).
- Probably of German origin : alternatively, from Kennebeck, an occupational name for a potter, from Middle Low or Middle High German kanne ‘jug’, ‘pitcher’ + beck, variant of Bäcker ‘baker’.