Kenna

See also: kenna

English

Etymology

  • As a Scottish surname, shortened from McKenna.
  • As a Manx and Irish surname, from Ó Cionaoith (descendant of Cionaoth), a name usually Anglicized as Kenneth.

Proper noun

Kenna

  1. A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Cionaodha (Kinney).
  2. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant anglicization of Mac Cionaodha (McKenna).
  3. An unincorporated community in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States; named for railroad official E. D. Kenna.
  4. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States; named for senator John E. Kenna.
  5. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, masculine equivalent Kenneth.

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