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Kenneth

Usually a boy's name

Meaning
From two Gaelic names: Cainnech, 'handsome', and Cináed, perhaps 'fire-born' Likely
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
Popularity

US 2025: #294 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #1007

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.

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