Kenard Forename

220,641st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,277 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
British Virgin Islands

Kenard Forename Definition:

A male name. Old English Kenweard, compound of cene ‘brave’ and weard ‘guard’. It became Kenard in Anglo- Norman and gave rise to the surnames Kenward, Kennard. Now long obsolete.

Keneweard Domesday Book 1086. Kenard Feet of Fines 1282, Lyford 1655.

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Kenard Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
5041:719,31916,838
Zimbabwe
99%
 
2871:53,7424,588
Malawi
100%
1271:134,7436,567
Jamaica-901:32,0362,155
Philippines
100%
811:1,308,75932,868
Brazil
100%
551:3,895,20366,134
Guyana
100%
381:20,0862,477
Papua New Guinea
100%
151:543,48840,661
Zambia-131:1,219,60016,711
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
111:10,1441,460
Uganda
100%
81:5,119,61545,522
Honduras-71:1,259,63812,726
British Virgin Islands-61:5,208987
England
100%
61:9,267,15467,986
Nicaragua
100%
51:1,203,66714,616
Belize
100%
31:118,1035,590
Trinidad and Tobago-31:453,80618,410
Canada
100%
21:16,566,68686,787
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Turks and Caicos Islands-11:34,7071,398
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Macau-11:608,2092,350
Cook Islands-11:18,1531,349
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Nigeria
100%
11:177,564,360489,087
Albania
100%
11:3,046,57049,159
India
100%
11:1,214,877,9714,759,450

Kenard (374) may also be a surname.

Kenard Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Old English Kenweard, compound of cene ‘brave’ and weard ‘guard’. It became Kenard in Anglo- Norman and gave rise to the surnames Kenward, Kennard. Now long obsolete.

Keneweard Domesday Book 1086. Kenard Feet of Fines 1282, Lyford 1655.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

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