Kennewick: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Kennewick – Meaning: grassy place – Origin: Sahaptin – Gender: Unisex – Pronunciation: KEN-uh-wik


Kennewick is a Sahaptin unisex name meaning “grassy place”. It appears in our list of 175+ State-Inspired Baby Names as American as They Come.

Meaning & Origin of Kennewick

Meaning: Grassy place.

Origin: Sahaptin.

Source: Wikipedia.

How to Pronounce Kennewick

Phonetic: KEN-uh-wik   IPA: /ˈkɛnəwɪk/

Popularity of Kennewick

Kennewick doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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