Kennedey is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 8 characters long in length.
Surname is the variant of Kennedy. Celtic. Cean-na-tighe, meaning, it is said, the head of a sept or clan. The family descend from the ancient earls of Carrick in Ayrshire, and seem to have changed their name from Carrick to Kennedy in the XIV century. The chief was K. of Dunure, afterwards Earl of Cassilis (now Marquis of Ailsa). In the XVI. century the power of this great house in the shires of Ayr and Galloway was set forth in a popular rhyme:
"By Wigton and the town of Ayr,
Port Patrick and the Cruives o'Cree,
Nae man need think for to bide there,
Unless he court wi' Kennedie."
Kennedey is the variation of Kennedy. One with an ugly or misshapen head; descendant of Kennedy meaning "head armor".
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Kennedey is quite rare family name, few people in United States and Liberia have the last name. Around 57 people have been found who wears Kennedey as their family name. Few people around the world have Kennedey as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
United States32
Liberia6