Kendrick

Where Kendrick comes from

Epenthesized variant of Kenrick.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kendrick
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,544 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1966
    Kendrick Meek born
    American politician
  3. 1984
    Kendrick Perkins born
    American basketball player
  4. 2013
    Peak, #318
    1,047 babies named Kendrick — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Kendrick Perkins · American basketball player, born 1984
  • Kendrick Meek · American politician, born 1966
  • Kendrick Sampson · American actor and activist, born 1988
  • Kendrick Perry · American basketball player, born 1992
  • Kendrick Farris · American weightlifter, born 1986

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.