Given name & surname · also Gaelic

Kettle

Kettle is a surname from Scottish Gaelic, ultimately from Pictish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kettle comes from Scottish Gaelic, and ultimately from Pictish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Scottish Gaelic cat, from Pictish cat.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kettle’s family of names

In English usage, Kettle as a surname has an alternative spelling in KETTELL.

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The ring: spellings.

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Similar names

If you love Kettle, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Gaelic

Keddie

Keddie is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

No U.S. birth series

43% boys · 57% girls

Old English · Royal

Kenmore

“big head”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Gaelic

Kenzie

“one who is fair; lightskinned”

54UncommonCooling

1% boys · 99% girls

German

Kellen

“a slender, beautiful, and powerful woman” · “one who is slender”

47UncommonEasing

97% boys · 3% girls

Gaelic

Keddy

Keddy is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

No U.S. birth series

67% boys · 33% girls

Gaelic

Kiddie

Kiddie is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Gaelic

Cowie

“hazel”

No U.S. birth series

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Gaelic

Keenan

“a small woman” · “of an ancient family”

44UncommonEasing

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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