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Kendrick (name)

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Kendrick is a surname, sometimes used as a masculine given name, which may originate from:[1]

  • The Welsh name Cynwrig meaning "greatest champion", or
  • The Anglo-Saxon name Cyneric meaning cyne (royal, of a king) + rīks (king, ruler).
  • The Highland Scots surname Machendrie, frequently anglicized into Kendrick and MacKendrick

The first recorded spelling is that of John Kendrich, which was dated 1279, in the Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire, during the reign of King Edward I of England, known as "The Hammer of the Scots."[2]

Notable people with the name include:

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  1. ^ "Surname Database: Kendrick Last Name Origin".
  2. ^ "Last name: Kenrick". SurnameDB. Name Origin Research 1980 - 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.