Kendal

Where Kendal comes from

From Old English Cent + dæl = "valley of the river Kent".
— Wiktionary's entry for Kendal
  • 2 syllables
Kendal through the years
  1. 1949
    Kendal Nezan born
    Turkish-French physicist
  2. 1951
    First appearance
    #5,414 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1993
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  4. 1995
    Kendal Williams born
    American sprinter
  5. 2004
    Peak, #513
    565 babies named Kendal, the most in any year.
  6. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,062.
In the dictionary
  • A town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5192).
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Namesakes
  • Kendal Williams · American sprinter, born 1995
  • Kendal Nezan · Turkish-French physicist, born 1949
  • Kendal Grey · American professional wrestler, born 2001
  • Kendal Ucar · Turkish association football player, born 1981
  • Kendal Pinder · American basketball player, born 1956

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.