Kendell

Where Kendell comes from

Kendell hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1919
    First appearance
    #4,168 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1968
    Kendell Geers born
    South African artist
  3. 1989
    Peak, #898
    127 babies named Kendell — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1995
    Kendell Williams born
    American track and field athlete
  5. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,182.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Kendell Williams · American track and field athlete, born 1995
  • Kendell Geers · South African artist, born 1968
  • Kendell Foster Crossen · American novelist, 1910–1981
  • Kendell McFayden · American soccer player, born 1988
  • Kendell Beckwith · American football player, born 1994

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.