Kendry

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies

Kendry by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Kendry. In the US, 18 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 29 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kendry

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 Kendry. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kendyvalley of the river Kent; a form of Kendall7 in the US (2017)
  • Kendre7 in the US (2017)
  • Kendryk6 in the US (2017)
  • Kenleyroyal meadow; form of Kingsley385 in the US (2017)
  • Kennyhandsome; diminutive of Kenneth222 in the US (2017)
  • Kerrydark-haired; from County Kerry87 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kendry

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