any one know the origin of Kendall
I am engligh kendall comes from somewere ofer in europ I think but Iam not shure
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English surname and place-name, in Cumbria; "valley of the (river) Kent." There's always a possibility of an English surname being adopted by immigrants from the Continent. A foreign surnames which was difficult to pronounce would sometimes be replaced by a similar sounding English surname.
Kendall is pronoused ken dul
Origin of the Surname Kendall :
Locality. Derived from the town of Kendal, in Westmoreland, England, and was so called from the river Ken, on which it is situated, and dale; the dale on the river Ken.
Locality. Derived from the town of Kendal, in Westmoreland, England, and was so called from the river Ken, on which it is situated, and dale; the dale on the river Ken.
Westmoreland no longer exists, it is part of Cumbria. What is the point of asking the meaninmg of a name if you already know the answer?
looked it up but I dont know if it came from a trusted source