About Kennedy
The name Kennedy is of Irish origin and is derived from the Gaelic surname Ó Cinnéidigh, meaning "descendant of Cinnéidigh." The name Cinnéidigh is believed to be derived from the Gaelic words "ceann" meaning "head" or "chief" and "éidigh" meaning "ugly" or "helmeted." Therefore, the name Kennedy can be interpreted to mean "descendant of the ugly head" or "descendant of the helmeted chief."
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Most individuals with the name Kennedy are female.
The popularity of the name has decreased by -10.65% over the past year.
Here's how to represent Kennedy in Braille, with each pattern of raised dots corresponding to a letter of the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Kennedy using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.