Kendon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 28 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
28
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kendon by the numbers

Kendon was given to 28 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 40 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kendon

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kendon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kentonsettlement of the keen or royal estate133 in the US (2017)
  • Kenyonkeen or sharp edge70 in the US (2017)
  • Kendynroyal valley; a form of Kendall14 in the US (2017)
  • Kenson21 in the US (2017)
  • Kennon17 in the US (2017)
  • Kendan15 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kendon

Names that are said the same way as Kendon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Kendon

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