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 [ 2 syll. ken-dal(l), ke-nda-ll ] The girl name Kendall is also used, though less commonly, as a boy name. It is pronounced KEHNDahL KEY. Kendall has its origins in the Old English language and it is used largely in English. The meaning of Kendall is 'valley of the River Kent'. Derived from dael which means 'dale, valley' ; kent which means 'border' ; keld which means 'spring'. It represents the transferred use of the geographic name and the surname as a given name. See Kendall for more info. Kendall has 23 forms. Forms of the name include Kendalla, Kendera, Kendia, Kendyle, Kendyll, Kinda, Kindal, Kindale, Kindall, Kindi, Kindle, Kynda, Kyndal, and Kyndall. Other English forms include the spelling variants Kendahl, Kendal, Kendalle, Kendel, Kendele, Kendell, Kendelle, Kendl, and Kendyl. Kendall is popular as a baby girl name, and it is also regarded as rather trendy. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1970s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2005, 0.121% of baby girls were named Kendall. It was #131 in rank then. In 2008, it ranked at #148 with a usage of 0.111%, and it was the most popular out of all girl names in its family. Kendall was used 7 times more than the next ranked name, the English Kendal, in 2008. Though there were times from 1913 to 1992 when more boys than girls were given the name Kendall, the name is today more frequently used for girls. In 2007, 5 times more girls than boys were given the name Kendall. Baby names that sound like Kendall include the English Kendal, the English Kendel, the English Kendele, the English Kendell, the English Kendelle, the English Kendahl, the English Kendalle, the English Kendyl, the English Kendyle, the English Kendyll, the English Kindal, the English Kindale, the English Kindall, the English Kindle, the English Kyndal, the English Kyndall, the English Candelle, the English Kendalla, the Spanish Candela, and the English Quintella. KEY: Pronunciation for Kendall: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
