Kenward Forename

505,965th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 303 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kenward 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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Kenward Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
1061:3,420,16047,989
Zimbabwe
100%
621:248,77114,053
Zambia-571:278,1548,405
Nigeria
100%
231:7,720,190100,438
South Africa
100%
161:3,408,29183,416
Philippines
92%
 
121:8,834,123129,598
Canada-71:4,733,33948,640
Trinidad and Tobago-41:340,35515,394
England
100%
31:18,534,307106,915
Solomon Islands-21:290,4786,813
India
100%
21:607,438,9864,324,298
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Malawi
100%
11:17,112,31024,110
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Wales-11:3,094,30916,222
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375

Kenward (2,515) may also be a surname.

Kenward 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

A Teutonic name, meaning: Keen guardian.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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