Kentworth is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kentworth
No. of characters: 9
Origin: England
Meaning:

Family name Kentworth is variant of Kinnaird. Radulphus, surnamed Rufus, had a charter from King William the Lion, of the barony of Kinnaird in Perthshire, from whence the family assumed their surname. Hence Lord Kinnaird.

A variant of the Kenward. An ancient personal name. One Kenewardus, or Keneward, mentioned in Domesday, was a Thane of Edward the Confessor, county of Gloucester. The name may have been originally derived from Anglo-Saxon cuna, cows, and neard, a keeper.

Kentworth is form of the Kennard. Descendant of Cenhard meaning "bold, strong," or of Cynehard meaning "royal, strong".

Variant of Kennard. The same as Kenward - An ancient personal name. One Kenewardus, or Keneward, mentioned in Domesday, was a Thane of Edward the Confessor, county of Gloucester. The name may have been originally derived from Anglo-Saxon cuna, cows, and neard, a keeper

Kenward is usually so pronounced.

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