Entry № 5365 · English origin

Kendall Kendall — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KEN-dahl /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Valley of the Kent (Kendall Jenner, world's highest-paid model)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 110
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "valley of the kent (kendall jenner, world's highest-paid model)".

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.

Subject of countless fashion industry profiles.

Valley of the Kent. World's highest-paid model in 2017-2018; founded 818 Tequila.

The name in its native script.

Kendall
Transliteration
Kendall
Pronunciation
/ ˈkɛn.dəl /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kendall stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 110 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 41 in 2015
Babies named Kendall · last year
2,450 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1981
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #41 NOW · #110

Kendalls before her.

Real people
Kendall Jenner
American model.
born 1995
In fiction
Kendall Roy
HBO's Succession.
2018

Names connected to Kendall.

The number behind Kendall.

5

The Seeker

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.