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Kennedy

/ˈkɛnədi/

Kennedy proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Kennedy (plural Kennedys or Kennedies)

  1. A surname from Irish.
    • A study Kennedy discussed on multiple podcast episodes exposed male African clawed frogs to atrazine in a lab, castrating 75% of the male frogs and turning one in 10 males into females.2023 July 13, Abby Turner and Andrew Kaczynski, “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly suggested that chemicals in water are impacting sexuality of children”, in CNN
  2. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern American usage.
  4. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
  5. A town in Lamar County, Alabama.
  6. A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Lake County, Illinois.
  8. An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Spencer County, Indiana.
  9. A minor city in Kittson County, Minnesota.
  10. An extinct town in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
  11. An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska.
  12. A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Poland, Chautauqua County, New York.
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  1. A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
  2. An unincorporated community in the town of Lake, Price County, Wisconsin.
  3. A railway point and unincorporated place in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
  4. A village in the Rural Municipality of Wawken No. 93, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. A neighbourhood (locality) in Bogotá, Colombia.
  6. A coastal locality in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

Kennedy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

Kennedy in Hindi

surname
कैनेडी kaineḍī

Kennedy in Tamil

கென்னடி

Kennedy in Marathi

surname
केनेडी keneḍī

Kennedy in Bengali

surname
কেনেডি keneḍi
More languagesFewer languages
Kennedy in Arabic
كِينِيدِي kinidī
Kennedy in Persian
کندی kenedi

Forms of Kennedy

pluralKennedys
pluralKennedies
alternative formCannedy
alternative formKennady

Origin of Kennedy

Borrowed from Irish Ó Cinnéidigh (ceann (“head”) + éidigh (“ugly”)) or Scottish Gaelic Ceannaideach (ceann (“head”) + aideach (“ugly”). Compare Kenneth and Irish eitigh (“refuse, reject”).

Words formed from Kennedy

Phrases with Kennedy

Words that rhyme with Kennedy

Questions about Kennedy

What does Kennedy mean?
Kennedy means a surname from Irish.
What is Kennedy in Hindi?
Kennedy in Hindi is कैनेडी (kaineḍī). See Kennedy meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Kennedy?
Kennedy is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kennedy?
Kennedy is pronounced /ˈkɛnədi/.

Words near Kennedy in the dictionary

  1. Kennebunkers
  2. Kennebunkport
  3. kenned
  4. Kennedi
  5. Kennedies
  6. Kennedy
  7. Kennedy disease
  8. Kennedy Meadows
  9. Kennedy plea
  10. Kennedy pleas
  11. Kennedy syndrome

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Kennedy (page history and authors); Kennedy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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