Given name
Kenric
“a royal ruler”·“the champion”
Kenric 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
Kenric 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
Kenric 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 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kenric through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 939
- 939 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 61 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 13 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 61 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 727 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.
Kenric’s family of names
Kenric has a related form in Kendrick.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Kenric, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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