Kennley

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kennley by the numbers

Kennley was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kennley

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

  • Kensleyfrom the king's meadow; a modern respelling of Kinsley657 in the US (2017)
  • Kenleyroyal meadow; form of Kingsley385 in the US (2017)
  • Kenneyroyal; a form of Kenneth6 in the US (2017)
  • Kenzley155 in the US (2017)
  • Kinnley30 in the US (2017)
  • Kentley19 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kennley

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

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