Kynnedy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-uh-dee
- Origin
- Irish
Kynnedy is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “armoured head”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kynnedy mean?
Irish: spelling of Kynnedi; modern spelling of Kennedy, from Irish O Cinneide
“armoured head”
Kennedy began as an Irish surname and spread as a first name after US President John F. Kennedy.
Meaning borrowed from Kynnedi.
Is Kynnedy a girl's or a boy's name?
Kynnedy is a girls' name.
How popular is Kynnedy in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Kynnedy in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kynnedy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 44 | #3,618 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 52 | #3,247 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
Names like Kynnedy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Teagan Kennedy Keegan Keely Keiry Kerrigan Kenley Keeley Brynn Mckenna Devyn
Names related to Kynnedy
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kynnedy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kynnedy, updated 20 October 2026.