Kendall

Meanings

1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
4. A town on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia, named after poet Henry Kendall.
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. A census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
7. A township in Kendall County, Illinois.
8. An unincorporated community and township in Hamilton County, Kansas.
9. A township in Kearny County, Kansas.
10. An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Missouri.
11. A town in Orleans County, New York.
12. A census-designated place in Whatcom County, Washington.

Etymology

From the placename Kendal in Cumbria, "valley of the river Kent", and Kendale in Humberside, from Old Norse kelda (“spring”) + dalr (“valley”).