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Kendle
How to Pronounce Kendle
Pronounced KEN-duhl /ˈkɛndəl/Medium
Meaning: Kendle is a variant spelling of Kendall, an English place and surname meaning the valley of the River Kent, in Cumbria. Once chiefly a boys' and surname name, it turned increasingly to girls in modern American use.Medium
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Kendle is a respelling of Kendall, the valley of the River Kent in northern England. The surname crossed into first-name use and, more recently, onto girls.
It was never common in this spelling, given to only about twenty girls a year at most, appearing around the mid nineteen-nineties. A Kendle from then would be a young adult today.
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What does the name Kendle mean?
It is a variant of Kendall, an English place and surname meaning the valley of the River Kent.
How do you pronounce Kendle?
It is said KEN-duhl /ˈkɛndəl/, two syllables stressed at the front.
Is Kendle a boy or girl name?
Kendle is used here as a girl's name.
How popular is Kendle?
It has always been rare in this spelling in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year around the mid nineteen-nineties.