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Girl name origins & meanings
- Celtic : Ruler of the valley
Girl name variations
Boy name origins & meanings
- Celtic : Ruler of the valley
- Gaelic : Helmeted chief
- English : Royal obligation
- Irish : Handsome
- Scottish : Good-looking, fair
- English : Dignified
- Gaelic : Blond-haired
Boy name variations
How Popular Is The Name Kenny
Family name origins & meanings
- Irish and Scottish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coinnigh ‘descendant of Coinneach’, an Old Irish personal name equivalent to Scottish Kenneth. This was borne by a 6th-century monk and saint who gave his name to the town of Kilkenny ‘church of Coinneach’.
- Irish : possibly an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cionaodha ‘descendant of Cionaodh’, a personal name of unexplained etymology.