# Kenna

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɛnə/ · frequency rank #54,280

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Cionaodha (Kinney).
2. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant anglicization of Mac Cionaodha (McKenna).
3. An unincorporated community in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States; named for railroad official E. D. Kenna.
4. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States; named for senator John E. Kenna.
5. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, masculine equivalent Kenneth.

## Etymology
* As a Scottish surname, shortened from McKenna.
* As a Manx and Irish surname, from Ó Cionaodha /Ó Cionaoith (“descendant of Cionaodh”), a name usually Anglicized as Kenneth.

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