Kendra

Where Kendra comes from

Coined in the latter half of the twentieth century, presumably a blend of Kenneth + Sandra.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kendra
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1936
    First appearance
    #3,103 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Kendra Wilkinson born
    American television personality
  3. 1987
    Peak, #77
    3,841 babies named Kendra — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1992
    Kendra Harrison born
    American hurdler
  5. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #170.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes
  • Kendra Harrison · American hurdler, born 1992
  • Kendra Wilkinson · American television personality, born 1985
  • Kendra Lust · American pornographic actress and director, born 1978
  • Kendra Sunderland · American pornographic actress, born 1995
  • Kendra Horn · U.S. representative from Oklahoma, born 1976

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.