Etymology

Kenneth

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Today it means: A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, originally used in Scotland, popular in all English-speaking countries in the 20th century. Full definition →

Old Irish Cináed ← Pictish *ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ
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The story

  1. Pictish · derived from*ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ
  2. Old Irish · derived fromCináed
  3. English todayKenneth

Anglicized form of two Goidelic names, Old Irish Cináed, the name of Scottish kings derived from Pictish *ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ (Ciniod), and the saint's name Cainnech (literally “handsome”) (modern Scottish Gaelic Coinneach), as in the surname Mackenzie.

Words from the same roots

Pictish*ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ all →

McKinney

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.