Given name
Kendrich
“a royal ruler”·“the champion”
Kendrich 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
Kendrich 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
Kendrich 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 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kendrich through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1984. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1977.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kendrich’s family of names
Kendrich has a related form in Kendrick.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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