What does the name Kennedy mean?

Question

What I have gathered is that Kennedy is an Irish name. One Irish woman told me it is related to something like "O'ceneida" pronounced as "Oukeyneida" or son of "Keineida". But what does it really mean? How did it come about? Can someone out there help.

Answer 1

In Irish, Kennedy is Ó Cinnéide which means ugly headed or rough-headed. The original holder of the Kennedy name was a nephew of the Irish king Brian Boru, who defeated the Norsemen at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 and was then killed himself. The ancestral homeland of the Kennedys is in north Tipperary, east Clare and down into south Wexford.

Of all the Kennedys, John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), President of the United States, was the most famous. He was able to trace his direct ancestry back to Co. Wexford. The Kennedy homestead at Dunganstown, near New Ross, can still be visited, while the nearby Kennedy Memorial Park was created in his memory after he was assassinated in Dallas in 1963, just five months after his triumphant visit to Ireland.

Answer 2

Wealthy family known to be involved in American politics (just kidding).

The boy's and girl's name Kennedy is pronounced KEN-a-dee. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "helmet head." Use as a given name may be inspired by President John F. Kennedy. Violinist Nigel Kennedy.

Kennedy has 4 variant forms: Canaday, Canady, Kennady and Kennedey.

Kennedy is a rare male first name as it was not ranked for males of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census. Kennedy is a very popular surname, ranking 137 out of 88799 for people of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.

Answer 3

The meaning of the name Kennedy is:

helmeted chief

Answer 4

Sometimes Scottish who themselves were of Irish extraction. However, the vast majority of the sept first came to prominence in east Clare, moving to other parts of Munster and further afield.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

in the u.s kennedy means curse

Answer 7

who cares