The kennerly Surname
kennerly Name Meaning and History
English: according to Reaney, a habitational name from Kennerleigh
in Devon, so named from the Old English personal name Cyneweard
+ Old English leah ‘woodland clearing’. However, the surname
is found predominantly in Cheshire and Lancashire, suggesting that a
more likely source is Kinnerley in Shropshire, which is named with the
Old English personal name Cyneheard + leah.
Kennerley is the much commoner spelling in the U.K.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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