Kennedi

Kennedi: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“variant spelling of Kennedy”
Origin
American (modern coinage)
Say it
KEN-uh-dee · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Modern respelling of Kennedy, a surname from Irish Ó Cinnéide, usually explained as 'helmeted head' or 'misshapen head'. As a first name, this spelling is a recent American variant.

How popular is Kennedi?

2024124 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Kennedi in 2024414

2024 rank#685 girls

Peak year2015

Total US babies since 188015,150

Kennedi has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Kennedi

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Kennedyhelmeted head · Irish
  • Samanthauncertain; probably feminine form of Samuel · American (modern coinage)
  • Raelynnmodern blend of Rae and Lynn · American (modern coinage)
  • Nevaehheaven spelled backward · American (modern coinage)
  • Ellianamodern blend of Ellie and Ana · American (modern coinage)
  • Wrenleymodern blend using Wren and -ley · American (modern coinage)
  • Oaklynnmodern blend of Oak and Lynn · American (modern coinage)
  • Adalynnmodern blend of Ada and Lynn · American (modern coinage)

Kennedi questions

What does the name Kennedi mean?

Kennedi means "variant spelling of Kennedy". It comes from American (modern coinage). Modern respelling of Kennedy, a surname from Irish Ó Cinnéide, usually explained as 'helmeted head' or 'misshapen head'. As a first name, this spelling is a recent American variant.

Is Kennedi a boy or girl name?

Kennedi is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kennedi?

414 US babies were named Kennedi in 2024. Its peak year was 2015.

How do you pronounce Kennedi?

Kennedi is usually pronounced KEN-uh-dee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.