# Kenneth
## English
### Etymology

Anglicized form of two Goidelic names, Old Irish Cináed, the name of Scottish kings derived from Pictish *ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ (Ciniod), and the saint's name Cainnech (literally “handsome”) (modern Scottish Gaelic Coinneach), as in the surname Mackenzie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɛn.əθ/
* Rhymes: -ɛnəθ
* Audio (US):(file)

### Proper noun

Kenneth (countable and uncountable, plural Kenneths)
* A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, originally used in Scotland, popular in all English-speaking countries in the 20th century.
** 1825, Sir Walter Scott, chapter III, in The Talisman:Know, however, that among the soldiers of the Cross I am called Kenneth - Kenneth of the Couching Leopard; at home I have other titles, but they would sound harsh in an Eastern ear.
** 1998 Barbara Vine ( Ruth Rendell ): The Chimney Sweeper's Boy. →ISBN page 166:
    "The other one, his name was Kenneth, was born in February nineteen twenty-one."
    "All these Kens," she said.
    "As you say. It must have been the sexy name. These days Kens are all Chinese cooks. - - -
* A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

#### Related terms

* Ken
* Kenny

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Kenneth is the 35582nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 632 individuals. Kenneth is most common among White (55.7%), Black/African American (17.56%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (14.72%) individuals.

### References

* Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kenneth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 293.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English Kenneth, from Scottish Gaelic.

### Proper noun

Kenneth
* a male given name from English [in turn from the Celtic languages]

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Kenneth.

## Danish
### Etymology

From English Kenneth at the end of the 19th century.

### Proper noun

Kenneth
* a male given name

#### Related terms

* Ken, Kent

### References

* Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 16 673 males with the given name Kenneth have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

## Norwegian
### Etymology

From English Kenneth in c. 1900.

### Proper noun

Kenneth
* a male given name

#### Related terms

* Ken, Kent

### References

* Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
* Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 392 males with the given name Kenneth living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* Kennet

### Etymology

From English Kenneth. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1898.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Kenneth c (genitive Kenneths)
* a male given name borrowed from English

#### Related terms

* Kenny, Kent, Kenth
* (diminutive) Kenta

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 27 379 males with the given name Kenneth living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.