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Kenna

//ˈkɛnə// name

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  1. 1
    A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Cionaodha (Kinney).
  2. 2
    A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant anglicization of Mac Cionaodha (McKenna).
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States; named for railroad official E. D. Kenna.
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States; named for senator John E. Kenna.
  5. 5
    A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, masculine equivalent Kenneth.

Etymology

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

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