Fair meadow or royal lake
A modern American invention likely created by blending the Scottish name Kenna, meaning 'fire' or 'born of fire', with the popular suffix -lynn, meaning 'lake'. It may also be interpreted as a feminine form of Kenneth combined with Lynn, suggesting a 'fair meadow'.
Less common today
Kenlynn isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #6,739 in 2021.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
