Kendrick is a surname, sometimes used as a masculine given name, which may originate from:[1]
The
Welsh name Cynwrig meaning "greatest champion", or
The
Anglo-Saxon name Cyneric meaning
cyne (royal, of a king) +
rīks (king, ruler).
The
Highland Scots surname Machendrie, frequently anglicized into Kendrick and MacKendrick
The first recorded spelling is that of John Kendrich, which was dated 1279, in the Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire, during the reign of King
Edward I of England, known as "The Hammer of the Scots."[2]
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
Alex Kendrick (born 1970), pastor, screenwriter, director and actor
^"Last name: Kenrick". SurnameDB. Name Origin Research 1980 - 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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