Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kendall

/ˈkɛndəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: kendall
IPA: /ˈkɛndəl/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A habitational surname from Old English.

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A male given name transferred from the surname.

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A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

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A town on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia, named after poet Henry Kendall.

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Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Old Norse

Word Breakdown

Root: kelda

Inflected Forms

Kendal (alternative) Kendell (alternative) Kindall (alternative)

Phrases

Kendall County Kendall notation Kendall rank correlation coefficient Kendall tau distance

Homonyms

kendal kendell

Rhymes With

wendell kendal mendel grendel rendell brendel bendel rendall kendell hendel bendall kirkendall

Questions

How do you pronounce kendall?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɛndəl/.
What does kendall mean?: A habitational surname from Old English.
Where does kendall come from?: It is traced to Old Norse.

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