Kendall is from the Old English place-name Kent dale — the valley of the River Kent in Cumbria. Originally a masculine surname; shifted majority-feminine in the United States after 2010. A top-100 US baby name for girls from 2010 to 2020. Kendall Jenner (born 1995) — American model and TV personality; the world's highest-paid model from 2017 to 2018 according to Forbes; signed to IMG Models in 2014; has walked for Marc Jacobs, Givenchy, Chanel, Versace, Fendi, Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein, and Estée Lauder. Founder of 818 Tequila (2021). Kendall Roy is the male protagonist of HBO's Succession. Kendall — Charles Kendall male. Kendall Roy male. The name has been gender-flipped almost entirely by the Jenner association in the 2010s.
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In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kendall reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.