Kendal

Where Kendal comes from

From Old English Cent + dæl = "valley of the river Kent".
— Wiktionary's entry for Kendal
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1949
    Kendal Nezan born
    Turkish-French physicist
  2. 1951
    First appearance
    #5,414 among girls, 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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1995
    Kendal Williams born
    American sprinter
  5. 2004
    Peak, #513
    565 babies named Kendal — more than any year before or since.
  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.