Kennedy (surname)
Kennedy, with variant forms O'Kennedy and Kennedie, is a surname of Irish and Scottish origin that has also been used as a given name.
Pronunciation
Gaelic, Irish
Derived either from Ó Cinnéide meaning grandson of Cinnédidh, or “ceann” and “éidigh”. “Ceann” comes from the Gaelic word meaning “chieftain” (a leader of a clan or tribe), and “éidigh” comes from the Gaelic word meaning “helmet”. The name can be translated to mean “helmeted chief or leader”.
O'Kennedy and Kennedie
Origins[edit]
There have been several different etymologies given for the surname. One explanation is that the name is an Anglicisation of Ó Cinnéide, which means "grandson of Cinnédidh" or "grandson of Cinnéidigh". Both of these personal names are derived from Gaelic words meaning "helmet-headed".[1] Ceanéidigh could be related to the old Gaelic name Cennétig, which is known from Cennétig mac Lorcáin, the father of the Irish high king Brian mac Cennétig, who was also known as Brian Bóruma or Brian Boru. It is worth noting that there is also an Irish Kennedy family and a Scottish Kennedy clan in Carrick, Ayrshire, which are unrelated to one another.
Another possibility is that Kennedy is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Ó Ceannéidigh, meaning "grandson of Ceannéidigh". Ceannéidigh is a given name derived from the Gaelic words ceann, meaning "head", and éidigh, meaning "ugly" or "fierce".[2] Some etymologies also suggest that the element ceann could mean "chief" or "leader".[3]
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Alan Kennedy
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Andrew Kennedy
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Arthur Kennedy
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Harry Kennedy
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Jack Kennedy
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James Kennedy
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John Kennedy
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Joseph Kennedy
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Kathleen Kennedy
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Les Kennedy
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Martin Kennedy
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Matthew Kennedy
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Patrick Kennedy
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Paul Kennedy
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Robert Kennedy
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Rose Kennedy
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Terry Kennedy
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Thomas Kennedy
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Walter Kennedy
(Alison Louise Kennedy, born 1965), Scottish novelist
A. L. Kennedy
(1922–1997), American actor, screenwriter, novelist, painter
Adam Kennedy (actor)
(born 1986), Canadian musician and producer
Adam Kennedy (musician)
(born 1972), British writer and game designer
Alexis Kennedy
(1931–2016), Hungarian-born British author, literary critic and academic
Andrew Karpati Kennedy
(1914–1990), American actor
Arthur Kennedy
retired Canadian senator, television personality
Betty Kennedy
(1908–1997), American actor and television personality
Bill Kennedy (actor)
American Internet celebrity
Cory Kennedy (model)
Irish television presenter, fashion writer and stylist
Darren Kennedy
(born 1992), Irish singer-songwriter
Dermot Kennedy
(1923–2022), British food journalist
Diane Kennedy
UK-based American novelist
Douglas Kennedy
(1890–1948), American actor
Edgar Kennedy
(1925–2016), American actor
George Kennedy
(Graeme Kennedy), American musician
Graeme K.
Australian comedian and television presenter
Graham Kennedy
(born 1942), Canadian blues, R&B, and soul blues musician
Harrison Kennedy (musician)
(born 1964), Australian actress
Jane Kennedy (actress)
American comedian and actor
Jamie Kennedy
(born 1953), American film producer
Kathleen Kennedy (producer)
English romantic novelist
Lena Kennedy
frequent character in the Resident Evil franchise
Leon S. Kennedy
(1958–2011), Australian journalist
Les Kennedy (journalist)
(born 1972), stage name Kennedy, American political satirist and former MTV VJ
Lisa Kennedy Montgomery
(born 1989), Japanese model
Liza Kennedy
Indigenous Australian artist
Lucy Napaljarri Kennedy
British journalist, broadcaster, and author
Ludovic Kennedy
(1896–1967), English novelist
Margaret Kennedy
(born 1951), American curator at the Library of Congress
Martha Kennedy
Irish television personality
Mary Kennedy
(1908–1944), American actress
Merna Kennedy
(1926–2014), English music critic
Michael Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy, the ring name used by American professional wrestler (born 1976) during his time in WWE
Ken Anderson
(born 1948), American actress, author, and activist
Mimi Kennedy
(born 1969), American rock singer and guitarist
Myles Kennedy
English violinist
Nigel Kennedy
British theatre director
Patrick Kennedy
(1772–1851), English schoolteacher, church minister and poet
Rann Kennedy
Irish art critic and curator
Roisin Kennedy
British television and radio broadcaster
Sarah Kennedy
American drumset player, percussionist, author and educator
Sean J. Kennedy
American model and actress, Penthouse model in the early 1980s
Sheila Kennedy
American architect
Sheila Kennedy (architect)
(1927–2020), stage name of American game show host James Narz
Tom Kennedy (television host)
Tully Kennedy, bass guitarist, band
Jason Aldean
(born 1928), American writer and journalist
William Kennedy (author)
American writer, winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for fiction
William J. Kennedy
(born 1957), American author, attorney and diplomat; daughter of John and Jacqueline Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy
(1932–2009), senior US senator from Massachusetts, married twice and father of three
Edward "Ted" Kennedy
(born 1928), widow of Robert Francis Kennedy and mother of Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. and other nine
Ethel Kennedy
(1921–2009), sister of President John F. Kennedy; wife of Robert Sargent Shriver Jr.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
(1929–1994), First Lady of the United States; widow of John F. Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
(1928-2020), ambassador to Ireland; sister of President John F. Kennedy
Jean Kennedy Smith
(1917–1963), 35th president of the United States from 1961 to 1963
John F. Kennedy
(1960–1999), attorney, publisher; son of John and Jacqueline
John F. Kennedy Jr.
(1888–1969), Ambassador to the United Kingdom; father of President John F. Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
(1915–1944), WWII pilot; eldest son of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
(born 1952), US representative from Massachusetts; son of Robert F. Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy II
(born 1980), US representative from Massachusetts; son of Joseph P. Kennedy II
Joseph P. Kennedy III
(1920–1948), widow of the heir to the Devonshire dukedom; sister of President John F. Kennedy
Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington
(1959–2012), architect and wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Mary Richardson Kennedy
(born 1967), US representative from Rhode Island, son of Ted Kennedy
Patrick J. Kennedy
(1924–2006), sister of president John F. Kennedy, wife of Peter Lawford and mother of four
Patricia Kennedy Lawford
(1925–1968), US senator from New York; US Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy
(born 1954), attorney, environmentalist, activist
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
(1890–1995), Kennedy family matriarch; mother of President John F. Kennedy
Rose Kennedy
(1918–2005), oldest sister of President John F. Kennedy
Rosemary Kennedy
(born 1976), American professional baseball player
Adam Kennedy
(born 1954), English footballer
Alan Kennedy
(born 1995), Australian association footballer
Alanna Kennedy
(born 1958), Canadian-born American football player
Allan Kennedy
(born 1965), American-Jamaican basketball player, 1996 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
Andrew Kennedy
Australian rugby league footballer
Ben Kennedy
(1920–2005), Major League Baseball player and manager
Bob Kennedy
(1921–2010), American football player
Bob Kennedy
(1928–1991), American football player
Bob Kennedy
(born 1970), American distance runner
Bob Kennedy (runner)
(born 1974), Australian golfer
Brad Kennedy
(born 1998), American baseball player
Buddy Kennedy
English footballer
Callum Kennedy
Australian rugby league footballer
Clem Kennedy
(1968–2017), American football player
Cortez Kennedy
American professional skateboarder
Cory Kennedy (skateboarder)
(1979), American dual Olympic medal winner in women's ice hockey
Courtney Kennedy
(born 1949), English footballer
Dave Kennedy (footballer)
(born 1953), Irish racing driver
David Kennedy (racing driver)
(born 1963), Canadian ice hockey player
Dean Kennedy
British alpinist
Edward Shirley Kennedy
(1902–1963), English football player
Fred Kennedy
(1844–1909), Scottish footballer
Gilbert G. Kennedy
(1949–2020), American basketball player
Goo Kennedy
(born 1984), American baseball player
Ian Kennedy
UFC Fighter
Jeremy Kennedy
American baseball player, brother of Junior Kennedy
Jim Kennedy
(born 1995), Australian professional baseball player
Jon Kennedy
Australian soccer player
Joshua Kennedy
American baseball player, brother of Jim Kennedy
Junior Kennedy
the first Winter Olympian for Australia
Kenneth Kennedy
(born 1954), American baseball manager and broadcaster
Kevin Kennedy (baseball)
American basketball player
Marcus Kennedy
Irish football (soccer) player
Mark Kennedy
American college baseball coach
Mike Kennedy
(1926-1994), British Olympic sailor
Neil Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick
Paraguayan javelin thrower
Nery Kennedy
English rugby player
Nick Kennedy
American college basketball coach
Pat Kennedy
(born 1964), American swimmer
Patrick Kennedy (swimmer)
(1951–2021), English footballer
Ray Kennedy
(1953–2009), Canadian ice hockey player
Ron Kennedy
(born 1982), Canadian actor and model
Ryan Kennedy
(born 1946), Scottish Football Player
Stewart Kennedy
(1925–2009), Canadian ice hockey player
Ted Kennedy (ice hockey)
American mixed martial arts fighter
Tim Kennedy
American ice hockey player
Tim Kennedy
Irish radio host
Adrian Kennedy
British civil engineer
Alexander Kennedy
American educator
Annie Kennedy
English classical scholar
Benjamin Hall Kennedy
Irish psychoanalyst, poet, and priest
Bernard Kennedy
American bridge player
Betty Ann Kennedy
American Presbyterian pastor and theologian
D. James Kennedy
American CPA, speaker, financial writer
Diane Kennedy
American scientist, public administrator, and academic
Donald Kennedy
Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Harvard Law School
Duncan Kennedy
(1818–1848), Australian explorer
Edmund Kennedy
(1785–1844), officer in United States Navy
Edmund P. Kennedy
(c. 1905–1963), American journalist who first reported the German surrender in World War II
Edward Kennedy
(1912–2009), American historian of science
Edward Stewart Kennedy
(1919–2011), American biochemist
Eugene P. Kennedy
(1919–1980), American botanist
George Clayton Kennedy
British speech and language therapist
Gillian Dorothy Kennedy
Irish landscape architect
Ian Kennedy
(born 1962), Scottish nurse and senior Royal Navy officer
Inga Kennedy
(1871–1909), American woman who died after fighting a mountain lion
Isola Kennedy
American suffragist
Jennie E. Kennedy
American physicist
Joseph W. Kennedy
subject of the documentary The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off
Jonny Kennedy
British classical scholar
Julia Kennedy
American engineer and inventor
Julian Kennedy
California wine maker
Kathryn Kennedy
German architect and author
Margrit Kennedy
British classical scholar
Marion Kennedy
United States Navy submarine commander in World War II
Marvin G. Kennedy
Furness ironmaster
Myles Burton Kennedy
British historian of international relations
Paul Kennedy
(1835–1865), Confederate operative who attempted to burn down New York City
Robert Cobb Kennedy
(1916–2011), American human rights activist and folklore collector
Stetson Kennedy
(1858–1917), American Catholic archbishop
Thomas Francis Kennedy (bishop)
(1896-1933), Scottish flying ace
William Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick
Clan Kennedy of Scotland
held by the chief of the Clan Kennedy
