Given name & surname
Kendrew
“a warrior”
Kendrew is used as a given name and a surname. One Scottish interpretation is “a warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scottish interpretation is “a warrior.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kendrew through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 117
- 117 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,331 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,331 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 133 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kendrew’s family of names
Kendrew has a related form in Kendru. Kendrew has a related form in Kendrue.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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