Kennedy Name Meaning & Origin
Kennedy
Pronunciation: KEH-nə-dee (key)
Origin of the name Kennedy:
Anglicized form of the Irish Cinnéidid (helmeted head, ugly head).
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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I gave my 2nd son the middle name Kennedy. Taylor Kennedy is my son's name & I love it as does he.
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Ken, Kenny, Ned, KennODey, Starvin' marvin'
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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.)
John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the U.S.- Kennedy in song, story & screen
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