Last name: KENNEDY
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KENNEDY : This last name is indexed 557,114 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
KENNEDY : From the Gaelic or Celtic words Kean-na-ty; the head of the house, or chief of the clan. Ceannaide signifies also a shopkeeper, a merchant.
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