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Kenneth

OriginScottish and Irish
Meaning"born of fire, handsome"
GenderBoy

About Kenneth

Variation of Ken

As of September 2026, Kenneth ranked #294 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #13 in 1939, Nameberry popularity #386.

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Famous Kenneths

  • Kenneth I

    III, Kings of Scotland

  • Kenneth Arnold "Kenny" Chesney

    American country music singer

  • Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers

    American singer,songwriter

  • Kenneth Clark "Kenny" Loggins

    American singer,songwriter

  • Kenneth Charles Branagh

    Northern Irish actor and director

  • Kenneth Charles Williams

    English actor and comedian

  • Kenneth Joseph Arrow

    American economist and Nobel Prize winner

  • Kenneth Duva Burke

    American literary theorist and philosopher

  • Kenneth Grahame

    Scottish children's novelist

  • Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds

    American R&B singer and producer

  • Kenneth Wheelock "Kenny" Mayne

    American TV sports journalist

  • Kenneth Cole

    American fashion designer

  • Kenneth Geddes Wilson

    American theoretical physicist and Nobel prize winner

  • Kenneth Winston "Ken" Starr

    American independent counsel

  • Kenneth Newton Walker

    U.S. Air Force general

  • Kenneth More

    British actor

  • (Charles) Kenneth Horne

    English comedian

  • Kenneth Lamont "Kent" Bazemore

    Jr., American basketball player

  • Kenneth Harry Clarke

    English MP

  • Kenneth "Mr. Kenneth" Battelle

    American celebrity hairdresser

  • Kenneth Welsh

    Canadian,American actor

  • Kenneth Peacock Tynan

    English theater critic

  • Kenneth Tigar

    American actor

  • Kenneth Thomson

    2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian business mogul and art collector

  • Kenneth Marlar Taylor

    U.S. Army pilot at Pearl Harbor

  • (Arthur) Kenneth Searight

    English linguist, creator of the Sona language

  • Kenneth Graham Ross

    Australian playwright

  • Kenneth Robinson

    British Minister of Health

  • Kenneth Rexroth

    American poet

  • Kenneth Lee Pike

    American linguist

  • Kenneth David Kaunda

    1st President of Zambia

  • Kenneth Cordele Griffin

    American hedge fund manager

  • Kenneth Nathaniel "Nathan" Bates

    5th child on "Bringing Up Bates"

  • Kenneth Arthur 'Ken' Dodd

    English comedian

Kenneth in pop culture

  • Kenneth "Ken" Carson

    fashion doll made by Mattel

  • Kenneth Widmerpool

    character in A Dance to the Music of Time series by Anthony Powell

  • Andromakennethamblesorten "Kenneth" Ellen Parcell

    character on TV's "30 Rock"

  • Kenneth Monnitoff

    character in movie "Donnie Darko"

  • Kenneth Waters

    character in movie "Conviction"

  • Kenneth "Kenny" McCormick

    character on TV's South Park

  • Kenneth 'Ken' McLaughlin

    character in Mary O'Hara's "My Friend Flicka"

  • Kenneth Ford

    character in "Anne of Ingleside" by L.M. Montgomery

  • Kenneth Dilaurentis

    Alison Dilaurentis' father on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"

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  • KennettScandinavian
  • KentScandinavian
  • KennetScandinavian

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