Given name & surname · also Old English
Kennard
“of the brave or royal guard”
Kennard is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “of the brave or royal guard.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “of the brave or royal guard.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kennard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,711
- 2,711 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 55 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,214 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −70%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,214 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 55 in 1954. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,587 as a first name in 2020; 4,552 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.
Kennard’s family of names
Kennard has a related form in Kenard. Kennard has a related form in Kenerd. Kennard has a related form in Kennaird.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Kennard
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Kennard, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Kenway
“a brave or royal warrior”
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“king”
—
Cerdic
“a king”
>99% boys
Kennington
“royal”
88% boys · 12% girls
Kington
“king”
—
Kingstone
“king's” · “fort, manor, town”
>99% boys
Kerrick
“under the king's rule”
>99% boys
Egbert
“one who wields a brilliant sword”
>99% boys