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Ken (given Name)
Ken is a masculine given name of Scottish / Scottish Gaelic origin. It is used either as a given name or as a short form of names with the letters "Ken" (like Kenneth, Kenan, Kendrick, Kendall, Kennedy, Mackenzie, Kenson, or Kenelm). Ken is also a Japanese name which can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. People * Ken (musician), Japanese musician *, Japanese author * Ken Anderson (quarterback) (born 1949), American quarterback * Ken Anderson (wrestler) aka Mr. Kennedy, American professional wrestler and actor * Ken Bowersox (born 1956), astronaut * Ken Block, American rally driver * Ken Bruce (born 1951), Scottish DJ * Ken Buesseler (born 1959), American marine radiochemist * Ken Burns (born 1953), American documentary filmmaker * Ken Barrie (born 1933 - 29th July 2016) Singer And The Voice Of The Children’s Character Postman Pat. * Ken Caminiti (1963–2004), Major League Baseball player * Ken Campbell (actor), English writer, actor, and director * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennedy (given Name)
Kennedy (also spelled Kenedi, Kennedie, Kennedi) () is a unisex given name in the English language. The name is an Anglicised form of a masculine given name in the Irish language. Etymology According to Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, the given name ''Kennedy'' is an Anglicised form of ''Cinnéidigh'', a masculine given name in the Irish language. This Irish name is composed of two elements: the first, ''ceann'', means "head"; the second, ''éidigh'', means "ugly".. According to Patrick Woulfe, who wrote in the early 19th century, ''Kennedy or Kynidi'' is an Anglicised form the Irish ''Cinnéididh'' and ''Cinnéidigh''. Woulfe derived these Irish names from two elements: the first, ''ceann'', meaning "a head"; the second, ''éide'', meaning "Armour"; hence the name can be thought to mean "helmet-headed". Other languages As a masculine given name, ''Kennedy'' can be rendered into Irish as ''Cinnéididh'' and ''Cinnéidigh'', and into Latin as ''Kinnedius''., which is a transcri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
