KENDALL  

Gender: F
Origin: English
Meaning: "valley of the river Kent"

Popularity in 2008: #148

Propelled by a soap opera character (Sarah Michelle Gellar as Kendall Hart in All My Children), this pleasantly boyish English surname has been rising ever since.

Variations:
Kendalle, Kindle, Kindi, Kynda, Kinda, Kendelle, Kendell, Kendal, Kendalla, Kyndel, Kendia, Kyndall, Kyndal, Kendera, Kindall, Kendyl

Kendall is being discussed in our message boards:

• Names heard about town in the last week or so
• Honoring a Lynn...
• Another alphabet game (girls)
• HELP!
• People named after something else

Read Nameberry blog posts about Kendall:

• BOYS' NAMES FOR GIRLS: A Key To Success?
• THE BABY WITH NO NAME
• UNISEX NAMES: What's Hot, What's Not
• WELSH NAMES: Beyond Gwyneth and Griffin