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'''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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