Kenrick

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginMiddle English Cenric ← Old English Cyneric ← Middle Welsh Cynwrig →
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Meanings

proper nounKenrick (plural Kenricks)

plural Kenricks · alternative Kendrick · alternative Kenwrick · alternative Kenwright

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. IrishMac Ionnrachtaigh
  2. Middle WelshCynwrig“greatest champion”
  3. Old EnglishCyneric
  4. Middle EnglishCenric
  5. EnglishKenrick

From Middle English Cenric, Kendrich, of several origins: * From Old English Cyneric, from cyne- (“royal”) + ric (“power”), * Borrowed from Middle Welsh Cynwrig (“greatest champion”), from cynt (“before, first”) + gwr (“man”) + -ig * Borrowed from Irish Mac Ionnrachtaigh via Enright, in which case also a doublet of Hanratty

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APA

Kenrick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kenrick

MLA

“Kenrick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kenrick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kenrick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kenrick.

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