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Kensington

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Place name

Kensington Origin and Meaning

The name Kensington is a girl's name .

Kensington is a place name with a number of referents; there are cities by the name in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the UK, and the US. As a girls' name, it entered the US Top 1000 in 2015, likely as a fresher way to get to nickname Kensie/Kenzie than Mackenzie, Mckenzie, or Makenzie.

# 971 in the US

Kensington Rank in US Top 1000

Kensington Popularity

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Famous People Named Kensington

  • Kensington Calhoun Ravenel (b. 2014)daughter of reality TV personalities Kathryn Dennis and Thomas Ravenel of "Southern Charm"
  • Kensington Kelly Brown (b. 2016)daughter of TV personalities Sean Brown and Casey Reinhardt of "Laguna Beach"

Kensington in Pop Culture

  • Vanessa Kensingtoncharacter in the Austin Powers series
  • Kensington PalaceLondon, England