Kendall

Where Kendall comes from

From the placename Kendal in Cumbria, "valley of the river Kent", and Kendale in Humberside, from Old Norse kelda (“spring”) + dalr (“valley”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Kendall
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1929
    First appearance
    #4,570 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1990
    Kendall Schmidt born
    American musician, singer, songwriter and actor
  3. 1993
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1995
    Kendall Jenner born
    American media personality and model
  5. 2012
    Peak, #116
    2,625 babies named Kendall — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2018
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #272.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
  • A number of places in the United States:
  • A census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Namesakes
  • Kendall Jenner · American media personality and model, born 1995
  • Kendall Schmidt · American musician, singer, songwriter and actor, born 1990
  • Kendall Waston · Costa Rican footballer, born 1988
  • Kendall Ellis · American sprinter, born 1996
  • Kendall Marshall · American basketball player, born 1991

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.