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Kennedy
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English
Alternative forms
surname en Cannedy Kennady
Etymology
en ga Ó Cinnéidigh (ga ceann head éidigh ugly 1) or en gd Ceannaideach (gd ceann head aideach ugly 1. Compare en Kenneth and ga eitigh refuse, reject.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkɛnədi/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kennedy.wav Southern England
en ɛnədi 3
Proper noun
~ + ies
en
en Irish.
en Abby Turner and Andrew Kaczynski Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly suggested that chemicals in water are impacting sexuality of children w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/politics/robert-kennedy-jr-chemicals-water-children-frogs 2023-07-13 A study Kennedy discussed on multiple podcast episodes exposed male African clawed frogs to atrazine in a lab, castrating 75% of the male frogs and turning one in 10 males into females. https://web.archive.org/web/20260520105923/https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/politics/robert-kennedy-jr-chemicals-water-children-frogs 20 May 2026
en Scottish Gaelic.
en unisex.
en female surnames modern American.
en rare en male surnames.
A placename
en number of places c/USA:
en town co/Lamar County s/Alabama.
en CDP co/San Joaquin County s/California.
en spaceflight en Cape Kennedy
en spaceflight en Kennedy Space Center: en spaceport isl/Merritt Island r/Space Coast s/Florida
en ucomm co/Lake County s/Illinois.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Clay co/Spencer County s/Indiana.
en minor city co/Kittson County s/Minnesota.
en extinct town co/Pemiscot County s/Missouri.
en ucomm co/Cherry County s/Nebraska.
en hamlet/and/CDP town:pref/Poland co/Chautauqua County s/New York.
en twp co/Allegheny County s/Pennsylvania.
en ucomm town:pref/Lake co/Price County s/Wisconsin.
en railway point/and/unincorporated place in dist/Algoma District p/Ontario c/Canada.
en A <<village>> in the <<rural municipality:Pref/Wawken>> No. 93, <<p/Saskatchewan>>, <<c/Canada>>.
en neighbourhood (locality) in city/Bogotá c/Colombia.
en coastal locality in r:Suf/Cassowary Coast s/Queensland c/Australia.
Usage notes
Usage as a middle name is common for people of both sexes.
Derived terms
en Cape Kennedy JFK Kennedi Kennedyesque Foster Kennedy syndrome Kennedy disease Kennedy syndrome pseudo-Foster Kennedy syndrome Kennedyism Kennedyite Kennedy Meadows Kennedy Space Center KSC Kennedynomics Kennedy plea Kennedy's disease Kennedy Town
Translations
surname
Arabic: ar كِينِيدِي kinidī, ar كِينِيدِي kenedī
Belarusian: be Кэ́нэдзі
Bengali: bn কেনেডি
Bulgarian: bg Ке́неди m f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 肯尼迪 Kěnnídí, Taiwan cmn 甘迺迪 Gānnǎidí
Hindi: hi कैनेडी
Japanese: ja ケネディ Kenedi
Khmer: km កេណេឌី
Korean: ko ^케네디
Macedonian: mk Кенеди
Marathi: mr केनेडी
Persian: fa کندی kenedi
Russian: ru Ке́ннеди Kénnɛdi
Ukrainian: uk Ке́ннеді
See also
Kennedy
O'Kennedy
Clan Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb
From ceb en Kennedy, from ceb ga Ó Ceannéidigh.
Proper noun
ceb noun
ceb male English < Irish