Given name
Kendric
“a royal ruler”·“the champion”
Kendric is a variant of Kendrick. Interpretations include “a royal ruler” and “the champion”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kendric is a variant of Kendrick. Interpretations include “a royal ruler” and “the champion”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kendric is a variant of Kendrick. Kendrick has been associated with Celtic and Old English naming traditions. The precise derivation is uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kendric through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,530
- 2,530 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 73 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #3,706 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,706 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 73 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,787 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kendric’s family of names
Kendric has a related form in Kendrick.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kendric
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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