Kenney (name) explained

Kenney is a given name and surname of Irish, Scottish, and English origin. In Ireland, the surname is an Anglicisation of the Irish Ó Cionnaith. It is also a variation of Kenny, MacKenny, O'Kenney, or Keaney.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Given name

• Kenney Bertz (born 1983), American soccer player
• Charles Kenney Duncan (1911–1994), United States Navy admiral
• Kenney Funderburk (born 1992), American professional basketball player
• Kenney Jones (born 1948), English drummer
• Kenney Krysko, Florida herpetologist
• Kenney Mencher (born 1965), American painter
• Mary Kenney O'Sullivan (1864–1943), organizer in the early U.S. labor movement
• Kenney Walker (born 1988), American soccer player

Surname

• Anne Kenney, American television producer and writer
• Anne R. Kenney (1950–2022), librarian and archivist
• Annie Kenney (1879–1953), English suffragette
• Art Kenney (1916–2014), pitcher in Major League Baseball
• Arthur Kenney (disambiguation)
  • Arthur Kenney (basketball) (born 1946), American basketball center
  • Arthur Kenney (priest) (died 1855), Irish priest, Dean of Achonry
• Ben Kenney (born 1977), American musician
• Beverly Kenney (1932–1960), American jazz singer
• Bill Kenney (born 1955), American football player and politician
• Bill Kenney (American football coach), American football coach
• Bob Kenney (1931–2014), American basketball player
• Bryn Kenney (born 1986), American professional poker player
• Cam Kenney, New Hampshire politician
• Casey Kenney (born 1991), American mixed martial artist
• Chad F. Kenney (born 1955), United States District Judge
• Charles Lamb Kenney (1821–1881), British writer
• Christine Kenney, professor of disaster risk reduction
• Clarence Kenney (1882–1950), American football player and coach
• Con Kenney (1896–1959), Australian rules footballer
• Crane Kenney, Major League Baseball executive
• David T. Kenney (1866–1922), American inventor with nine patents
• Dennis Kenney, American actor, singer, dancer
• Donald Kenney (born 1938), American politician
• Douglas Kenney (1946–1980), American writer and actor, co-founder of National Lampoon
• Ed Kenney (1933–2018), American singer and actor
• Edward Kenney (disambiguation)
  • Edward Aloysius Kenney (1884–1938), American politician
  • Edward John Kenney (1924–2019), British Latin professor
  • Edward Patrick Kenney (1888–?), Australian World War I flying ace
  • Edward Tourtellotte Kenney (1888–1974), merchant, agent and political figure in British Columbia
• Emma Kenney (born 1999), American actress
• Frederick J. Kenney, American Rear Admiral, Judge Advocate General of the US Coast Guard
• Gene Kenney (1928–2022), American wrestler, football player and soccer coach
• George Kenney (1889–1977), United States Army Air Forces general in World War II
• George T. Kenney (born 1957), Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• H. Wesley Kenney (1926–2015), American television producer and director
• Heather North Kenney (1945–2017), American television and voice actress
• James Kenney (disambiguation)
  • James Kenney (dramatist) (1780–1849), English dramatist
  • James J. Kenney (1869–1916), American firefighter, first fire chief of Berkeley, California
• Jenny (Jane) Kenney (1884–1961) also known as Jennie, British suffragette and Montessori teacher, sister of Annie Kenney
• Jason Kenney (born 1968), Canadian politician
• Jenny (Jane) Kenney (1884-1961), English suffragette
• Jerry Kenney (born 1945), American Major League Baseball infielder
• Jessie Kenney (1887–1985), English suffragette
• Jessika Kenney, experimental vocalist, composer, and teacher
• Jim Kenney (born 1958), American Democratic politician
• Joe Kenney, American football player and coach
• John Kenney (disambiguation)
  • John Kenney (baseball) (1844–1893), American professional baseball player
  • John A. Kenney Jr. (1914–2003), American dermatologist
  • John T. Kenney (1911–1972), English illustrator
• Joseph Kenney (born 1960), American politician
• June Kenney (1933–2021), American actress
• Kitty Kenney (1880–1952), English suffragette
• Kristie Kenney (born 1955), career U.S. diplomat
• Larry Kenney (born 1947), American radio personality and voice actor
• Laura Kenney (born 1985), Scottish long-distance runner
• Lawrence Joyce Kenney (1930–1990), American Roman Catholic bishop
• Lelon Kenney (1935 - 2018), American politician, farmer, and businessman
• Leo Kenney (1925–2001), American abstract painter
• Madeline Kenney, American singer-songwriter
• Mart Kenney (1910–2006), Canadian musician and bandleader
• Matthew Kenney (born 1964), American Celebrity chef and author
• Michael Kenney, musician in the English band Iron Maiden
• Mick Kenney (born 1980), British musician, artist, and record producer
• Mo Kenney (born 1990), Canadian singer/songwriter
• Nell Kenney (1876–1953), English suffragette
• Padraic Kenney (born 1963), American historian, writer, and professor
• Pat Kenney (born 1968), American professional wrestler also known as Simon Diamond
• Peter Kenney (1779–1841), Irish Jesuit priest
• Phyllis Gutiérrez Kenney, American politician of the Democratic Party
• Raymond Kenney, fictional hacker from the game Watch Dogs
• R. C. Kenney, American college sports coach
• Richard Kenney (disambiguation)
  • Richard Kenney (missionary), missionary to Bombay
  • Richard Kenney (poet) (born 1948), poet and professor of English
  • Richard R. Kenney (1856–1931), American lawyer and politician
• Robyn Kenney (born 1979), American field hockey player
• Sean Kenney (disambiguation)
  • Sean Kenney (actor) (born 1944), American actor
  • Sean Kenney (artist) (born 1976), New York-based artist
• Seth H. Kenney (1836-1917), American farmer and politician
• Skip Kenney, American swimming coach
• Steve Kenney (born 1955), professional American football player
• Susan Kenney (born 1941), American short story writer and novelist
• Ted Kenney (born 1966), Director, Field and Technical Operations at Fox Sports
• Tim Kenney, director of athletics for St. Bonaventure University
• Vin Kenney (1892–1959), Australian rules footballer
• W. John Kenney (1904–1992), United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy
• William Kenney (1870–1939), president of the Great Northern Railway

See also

• Senator Kenney (disambiguation)
• Kenney (disambiguation)
• Kenney family
• Kinney (disambiguation)
• Kenny (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanks. Patrick. Dictionary of American Family Names. 1852. Oxford University Press, USA. 9780199771691. 294.
2. Book: MacLysaght . Edward . Surnames of Ireland . 1988 . Irish Academic Press . 9781911024644 . 6th.
3. Book: O'Laughlin, Michael C.. The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small. 2002. Irish Roots Cafe. 978-0-940134-09-6. 163.