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Kennedy

  • /ˈkɛnədi/

Rhymes with -ɛnədi

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Irish Ó Cinnéidigh (ceann (“head”) + éidigh (“ugly”)) or Scottish Gaelic Ceannaideach (ceann (“head”) + aideach (“ugly”). Compare Kenneth and Irish eitigh (“refuse, reject”).

proper noun Kennedys · Kennedies · Cannedy · Kennady

  1. countable, uncountable A surname from Irish. 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.
  2. countable, uncountable A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  3. countable, uncountable A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern American usage.
  4. countable, rare, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname.
  5. countable, uncountable A town in Lamar County, Alabama.
  6. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California.
  7. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Cape Kennedy
  8. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Kennedy Space Center: A spaceport in Merritt Island, Space Coast, Florida
  9. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Lake County, Illinois.
  10. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Spencer County, Indiana.
  11. countable, uncountable A minor city in Kittson County, Minnesota.
  12. countable, uncountable An extinct town in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
  13. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska.
  14. countable, uncountable A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Poland, Chautauqua County, New York.
  15. countable, uncountable A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
  16. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in the town of Lake, Price County, Wisconsin.
  17. countable, uncountable A railway point and unincorporated place in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
  18. countable, uncountable A village in the Rural Municipality of Wawken No. 93, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  19. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood (locality) in Bogotá, Colombia.
  20. countable, uncountable A coastal locality in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: jack kennedy, caine, chien, jian, gini, khrushchev, kin, coombe, canadian, jfk, mouth, gan, luk, jack, president, statesman

Translations

Every language

name surname

한국어케네디 Kenedi
日本語ケネディ Kenedi
中文肯尼迪 Kěnnídí
हिन्दीकैनेडी kaineḍī
РусскийКе́ннеди Kénnɛdi
العربيةكِينِيدِي kinidī, كِينِيدِي kenedī

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"Kennedy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kennedy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Kennedy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kennedy

Chicago

"Kennedy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kennedy.

BibTeX
@misc{kennedy_2026,
  title = {Kennedy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kennedy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}