as a Last Name
- 18,477
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Kenny
Meaning & Origins
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coinnigh ‘descendant of Coinneach’, an Old Irish personal name equivalent to Scottish Kenneth. This was borne by a 6th-century monk and saint who gave his name to the town of Kilkenny ‘church of Coinneach’.
| 1,995th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 18,477
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Jersey
- has the most people named Kenny per capita
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