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Kenna.

A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Cionaodha (Kinney).

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈkɛnə/
  1. A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Cionaodha (Kinney).

  2. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant anglicization of Mac Cionaodha (McKenna).

  3. An unincorporated community in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States; named for railroad official E. D. Kenna.

  4. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States; named for senator John E. Kenna.

  5. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, masculine equivalent Kenneth.

Where this word comes from

* As a Scottish surname, shortened from McKenna. * As a Manx and Irish surname, from Ó Cionaodha /Ó Cionaoith (“descendant of Cionaodh”), a name usually Anglicized as Kenneth.

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