Comments for KENNEDY:

Why on earth would you name a poor, innocent baby girl Kennedy?

-- Anonymous User  9/7/2005

This name sounds good for a boy, but absolutely terrible for a girl. People really are going overboard with unisex names.

-- Anonymous User  10/16/2005

My cousin's name is Kennedy. Her little brother is named Cash. I think the name is cute, but maybe I have been around it for a while.

-- renny  12/24/2005

I love this name for a girl. It's still unusual as a feminine first name, yet, because the surname is familiar, it will not present spelling or pronunciation problems as many unusual names do. I'm also a fan of girls' names with strong denotations (warrior, leader, etc).

-- Alliekens  1/5/2006

Another meaning for this name is "Chief With Helmet" (Irish). And a different spelling is "Kenadie".

-- Pheadirean  4/14/2006

I have never liked this name for a boy or a girl.

-- Anonymous User  4/25/2006

HEY! My name's Kennedy! -grumbles and stomps off in a huff- And I was named after a character, mind.

-- KittyCat  6/22/2006

I'm pregnant and due next February. If I have a girl, her name will be Kennedey Grace Alyzabeth. I'm not sure why I like this name so much, but I do. I also like the name Kyle for a girl.

-- Rynne86  7/14/2006

I think that Kennedy is a pretty name for a girl because of the fact that it is an unusual girl name. I also think that it sounds very intellectual.

-- namecatcher91  8/16/2006

Well, I gave this name to my daughter over 10 years ago. She absolutely LOVES it. I had never heard anyone with the name except for a young English girl on a tween sitcom. I fell in love with it the moment I first heard it when I was young. My husband loved it equally. She has received positive feedback on her name on a regular basis. People go crazy over it. My only dissapointment with the name is how popular it has become. Way too popular for me. When we chose her name, there was only a few Kennedy's in the nation based on SocSec records. Now there are a ton! Oh well. Can't control that. She said her teachers always tell her she's the first Kennedy they ever taught. I think that at least makes her feel unique, which was my goal.

-- Anonymous User  9/6/2006

It is a common surname. How more unoriginal can you get?

-- Anonymous User  9/30/2006

What a ridiculous choice for a girl.

-- assumpta  10/22/2006

Who wants to have a name which means "misshapen head"? Not that funny. And what if your surname is Kennedy? Kennedy Kennedy sounds very unimagnitive.

-- someone1  1/18/2007

It's the name of a vampire slayer on Buffy. And quite pretty too.

-- Anonymous User  1/25/2007

I think it's ironic that it means "armoured head" and, well, President Kennedy was shot in the head.

-- Anonymous User  1/30/2007

Even though it's as "feminine" as a lot of other surname unisex names, this name still sounds masculine to me. And I've seen an even more unpleasant-sounding meaning applied to it: "ugly head."

-- Anonymous User  4/6/2007

I don't know why people hate this name for a girl so much! I think Kennedy is a beautiful name for a girl, and I really like it. I actually do not like this name for a boy, I think it's completely and totally feminine. I know two girls named Kennedy in my school. I find that weird, because I've never ever met another person named Kennedy except for those two girls at my school. Hmmm.

-- grapefruit_girl  7/13/2007

It is sad that its meaning is "misshapen head", though. -sigh-

-- grapefruit_girl  7/13/2007

Like some other people said on here, people are going overboard with the unisex names. In my opinion, Kennedy is one of the worst, ugliest names for a girl. Ever. (Mind you, this is my opinion, don't bash it)

Unisex names are ok, in my opinion (like Chris, Bobby, etc.) but when people take boy names and make them "girly" (AKA just spelled with y's and double letters) it doesn't make sense. Boy names are for boys, girl names are for girls, and unisex names are for both genders.

-- rv14142  8/4/2007

For girls, it should be spelled Kennedi or Kenadi. This way is too masculine.

-- Anonymous User  9/1/2007

I am tired of seeing poor little girls having this name. What's so great about this name? Does it sound "strong" well, I disagree. I don't think hijacking boy surnames and applying them to girls makes them sound strong. It makes their parents sound stupid because the daughter is another product of the current fad of boy surnames for girls. Besides, there are plenty of prettier, less used names. When I hear another Kennedy, (it's insanely popular in my area) I think, "Great, another product of a dumb fad."

-- Anonymous User  9/5/2007

A stodgy meat pie of a name.

-- Isemay  9/27/2007

The name of an MTV VJ in the 90's whose name became a lot more popular than she did.

-- elizabeth hamlet  10/28/2007

Completely awful. I pity any girl with this name. It's a boys name. Not a girls name. Plus, who wants to be called 'misshapen head'?

-- rebeccar  12/14/2007

I do not mind Kennedy. It is not my favorite but there is nothing bad about it and it is kind of cute in my opinion.

A lot of people are commenting that it is a surname but a lot of names are a first name and a surname like Rose, Jordan, Martin, Madison, Aaron, Austin, Taylor, Scott, Jackson.

Oh yeah about the meaning that is a downer but how not too many people besides the Behindthename users care about the meaning besides that it is cool thing to check once.

-- Anonymous User  12/26/2007

I'm sick of these stupid people saying that these names are boy's names. Girls need names too! It's a unisex name for god's sake.

-- Anonymous User  2/5/2008

Yes girls need names too: that's why there are girl names! And boys need names - that's why there are boy names. And there won't be anymore if women keep giving their girls boy's names and all the boy names become girl names or "unisex" names.

-- ZoeAliza  2/13/2008

Okay on a boy, bad on a girl.

-- number1212  5/14/2008

I'm suprised that no one mentioned the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

-- Lady Seashell  6/26/2008

I always think of JFK's brother, Bobby.

-- welovejamesarness  6/26/2008

There's a band called the Dead Kennedys. I have no idea who they are beyond the fact that I dislike their name, however.

-- Pippin  6/26/2008

This name sounds so snobbish and hideous, especially on a girl. It doesn't sound one bit feminine at all. It also has a hideous meaning. Who wants to have a name meaning "ugly head"? Names like Kennedy tend to be used by yuppies who raise their kids to be spoiled brats instead of intelligent people.

-- bananarama  7/28/2008

My name is Kennedy and I love it! It's unique but common enough that people know it. Whoever is all out there saying its a horrible name, remember that some of us who read those comments actually LIKE the name Kennedy!

-- knd_leigh713  2/17/2009

This is a good name for a boy, but HORRIBLE on a girl! It does not sound very feminine, and the spelling of it does not help much either! Just stating my opinion out there.

-- Anonymous User  6/26/2009

I think this name is pretty cute and unique. It's not my favorite name, but I'd love to meet someone with this name.
Also, I'm not one of those people who goes "boy names are for boys, girl names are for girls". Think of all the boys' names that have now become girls' names that no one questions anymore- Carol, Renee, Hilary, Ashley, Robin. Names change all the time, and if a boys' name becomes a girls' name or (what we need more of) a girls' name becomes a boys' name, it's all fine with me unless I think it's done poorly (like the name Madison becoming a girl's name because of the movie Splash). But Kennedy seems like it's been done well and it works alright.

-- plutogirlgenius  8/25/2009

Poster above, check a dictionary. Something is either unique or it isn't. In what way, shape or form is Kennedy 'unique'? Please, I'd love to know. It goes against logic.

-- Anonymous User  9/12/2009

SO I hear you'd LOVE to know. Well, let's see. First of all, how many people have you met with the name Kennedy? I bet not many. And when I say it's unique: It's more creative than Kate or Kelly, don't you think? I've heard it lots as a last name, but not much as a first name. Oh, by the way, I don't need to get a dictionary. Dictionaries give you facts. And this is my OPINION of the name. And if my opinion of the name Kennedy is that it's unique, so be it. That's the way it is.

-- knd_leigh713  10/24/2009

So you've chosen to ignore the meaning of 'unique' in favour of your sparkleigh representation. Nice cop out.

Unique = one of kind. Period. There are no degrees of unique. It is a not a substitute word for "creative". Kennedy (used on multiple children as well as being a commonplace surname) does not qualify. Fact. How on earth can Kennedy mean one of a kind, logically? Abuse the English language all you like but you can't expect me to appreciate your mangling of words.

And I've encountered several. "Ugly head" seems to be on the way down though so I'm grateful.

-- Anonymous User  10/28/2009

I think that this is a decent name on a boy or a girl. But I like it better on a girl. It doesn't sound very feminine; and everyone will think that you named her after JFK. Nothing's wrong with that, just sayin'. My name is a unisex name that comes from a surname. I also know a guy named Bailey B. But my name isn't so overly popular for girls that it's embarrassing for a guy to be named Bailey.

-- baileymarissa  11/18/2009

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