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Kenny

/ˈkɛni/

Kenny proper noun: a diminutive of the male given name Kenneth.

Proper noun

Kenny

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Kenneth.
    • Kenny Perry was a leader or co-leader throughout Sunday’s final round.2009 April 14, Richard Sandomir, “Live From the Masters, It’s Not the Leaders”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.
  3. A former settlement in Mendocino County, California, United States.
  4. A neighbourhood in south-west Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
  5. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Origin of Kenny

From Kenneth or Ken + -y (diminutive form).

Words that rhyme with Kenny

7 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Kenny

What does Kenny mean?
Kenny means a diminutive of the male given name Kenneth.
What part of speech is Kenny?
Kenny is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kenny?
Kenny is pronounced /ˈkɛni/.

Words near Kenny in the dictionary

  1. Kennison
  2. Kennisons
  3. Kennon
  4. Kennons
  5. Kennoway
  6. Kenny
  7. keno
  8. Keno City
  9. Keno Hill
  10. Kenockee
  11. kenogenesis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kenny (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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