Kennedy
Pronunciation: KEH-nə-dee (key)
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Origin of the name Kennedy:
Anglicized form of the Irish Cinnéidid (helmeted head, ugly head).
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Ken, Kenny, Ned
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Kennedy Brock, guitarist for alternative rock band The Maine (born John Franklin Trotter, when he chose to change his name, used Kennedy as a nod to his first two initials, which are J.F.)
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