# Kendal

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɛndəl/ · frequency rank #35,798

## Definitions
1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5192).
2. A small town in Manchester parish, central Jamaica.
3. A habitational surname from Old English, also as a variant of Kendall.
4. A male given name transferred from the surname.
5. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

## Etymology
From Old English Cent + dæl = "valley of the river Kent".

## Easily confused with
- **kinda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kendal-vs-kinda)
- **Kenya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kendal-vs-kenya)
- **Kenyan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kendal-vs-kenyan)
- **kennel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kendal-vs-kennel)
- **Kendra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kendal-vs-kendra)
- **Kendall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kendal-vs-kendall)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ekndal`, `kednal`, `kenadl`, `kenddal`, `kendla`, `kenndal`, `kkendal`, `knedal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kendal