Kenneth 880213 225726627 2008-07-15T02:48:31Z 121.97.86.3 /* Kenna */ {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Kenneth | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = | meaning = | region = | origin = | related names = | footnotes = }} '''Kenneth''' is a male [[given name]]. ==Origin== It is an [[anglicized]] ([[Scots language|Scots]]) form of either the [[Picts|Pictish]] name ''Ciniod'' or the [[Goidelic languages|Goidelic]] name ''Cináed'', often thought to mean "fire-head" or "born of fire" (see [[Áed (given name)|Áed]]), but ultimately derives from a shared prototype with [[Kennedy (given name)|Kennedy]]; [[Cunedagius]], originally Cornish (then indistinct from other [[Brythonic languages]])--after which was carried north to [[Valentia (Roman Britain)|Valentia]] and borne by [[Cunedda]] ([[Latin language|Latin]] ''Cunetacius''), founder of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]]. Its popularity among the Britons also led to another form in [[Welsh language|Welsh]] ''[[Cenydd]]'' or ''[[Cennydd]]'' (the name of a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[hermit]] [[saint]] who traditionally lived in the [[6th century]]). Coincidentally, a female name from ancient Britain; [[Jennifer (given name)|Jennifer]] (see [[Guinevere]]), is spelt similar post-anglicisation and likewise comes from [[Cornwall]]. Similar names have also been anglicized as Kenneth, including the [[Irish language|Irish Gaelic]] ''Coinneach'' ("handsome one"; eg [[Cainnech of Aghaboe]]) and the [[Old English language|Old English]] ''Cyneath'' may mean "royal oath", used as a non-Celtic alternative etymology. Saint John Kenneth Ceriales Day is [[October 11]]. English [[nickname]]s include '''[[Kenny]]''' and '''[[Ken (name)|Ken]]''', the latter also being a [[Japanese name]]. ==People== :''(see also [[Ken (name)]] and [[Kenny]])'' *[[Cainnech of Aghaboe]], Saint Canice or Saint Kenneth *Saint [[Cenydd]] or (Welsh Saint Keneth, a separate individual from above) *[[Kenneth I of Scotland]] *[[Kenneth II of Scotland]] *[[Kenneth III of Scotland]] *[[Kenneth Alford]], composer *[[Kenneth Amis]], tuba player *[[Kenneth Arrow]], Nobel Peace Prize winner for Economics, 1972 *[[Kenneth Baker]], UK Home Secretary *[[Kenneth Bianchi]], one of the Hillside Stranglers *[[Kenneth Bigley]], contractor, beheaded on television in Iraq *[[Kenneth E. Boulding]], economist *[[Kenneth Bowersox]], astronaut *[[Kenneth Box]], British track and field sprinter *[[Kenneth Lee Boyd]], murderer *[[Kenneth Branagh]], Shakespearean and film actor *[[Kenneth Burke]], American literary theorist and philosopher *[[Kenneth Calman]], English chief medical officer *[[Kenneth Carpenter]], paleontologist *[[Kenneth Clark]], English art historian *[[Kenneth Clark (psychologist)]] *[[Kenneth Clarke]], Chancellor of the Exchequer *[[Kenneth Cole (designer)]], clothing designer *[[Kenneth Colley]], actor *[[Kenneth R. Conklin]], activist *[[Kenneth Connor]], British comedic actor *[[Kenneth Cope]], actor *[[Kenneth Cope (musician)]], Mormon music composer *[[Kenneth C. Davis]], author *Kenneth [[K. K. Downing]], guitarist *[[Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds]], American R&B singer *[[Kenneth Fearing]], American poet *[[Kenneth Feinberg]], attorney *[[John Kenneth Galbraith]], economist *[[Kenneth Gamble]], songwriter and producer *[[Kenneth Gergen]], American psychologist *[[Kenneth R. Giddens]], broadcaster *[[Kenneth C. Griffin]], billionaire *[[Kenneth E. Hagin]], Pentecostal minister *[[Kenneth L. Hale]], linguist *[[Kenneth Halliwell]], lover and murderer of Joe Orton *[[Kenneth Ham]], astronaut *[[Kenneth K Holmes Jr.]], American Rapper *[[Kenneth Horne]], actor and comedian *[[Kenneth Hotz]], Canadian actor and director *[[Kenneth Hughes]], an African American professional wrestler *[[Kenneth Irons]], comic book character in ''Witchblade'' *[[Kenneth E. Iverson]], computer scientist, developed the APL programming language *[[Kenneth Kaunda]], first President of Zambia *[[Kenneth Keating]], US Senator *[[Kenneth Kendall]], newsreader *[[Kenneth Kennedy]], Australian Winter Olympian *[[Jonathan King]], born Kenneth George King, pop music mogul *[[Kenneth Kitchen]], Egyptologist *[[Kenneth Koch]], poet *[[Kenneth Kok]], Theme Park Conceptualiser *[[Kenneth Lay]], former CEO of Enron *[[Kenneth Matthews]], English race walker *[[Kenneth McKellar]], American politician *[[Kenneth McKellar (singer)]], Scottish singer *[[Kenneth More]], actor, (''Genevieve'', ''Reach for the Sky'') *[[Kenneth O'Keefe]], activist *[[Kenneth L. Pike]], linguist and anthropologist *[[Kenneth Rexroth]], American poet *[[Kenneth Robinson]], politician and broadcaster *[[Kenneth Rose]], royal biographer *[[Kenneth Ross]], Scottish-American screenwriter of the films ''The Day of the Jackal'', ''The Odessa File'', etc. *[[Kenneth G. Ross]], Australian playwright, and screenwriter of the film ''Breaker Morant'' *[[Kenneth Searight]], linguist *[[Kenneth "Buzz" Shaw]], college chancellor *[[Kenneth Starr]], special investigator in Monica Lewinsky scandal *[[Kenneth M. Taylor]], American WWII pilot *[[Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet]], Canadian businessman, billionaire *[[Kenneth Tolon II]] (b. 1981), college football player *[[Kenneth Tynan]], critic *[[Kenneth Welsh]], actor *[[Kenneth Whyld]], British chess player & author *[[Kenneth Williams]], comedian and actor *[[Kenneth G. Wilson]], winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1982 ==Places== In the United States: *[[Kenneth, Indiana]] *[[Kenneth, Minnesota]] *[[Kenneth City, Florida]] In Australia: *[[Kenny, Australian Capital Territory]], a planned suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin ==Other== *"[[What's the Frequency, Kenneth?]]", a song by R.E.M. 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