Kendrick (name)

Kendrick is a surname, sometimes used as a masculine given name, which may originate from:

  • The Welsh name Cynwrig meaning "greatest champion", or
  • The Anglo-Saxon name Cyneric meaning cyne (royal, of a king) + rīks (king, ruler).
  • The Highland Scots surname Machendrie, frequently anglicized into Kendrick and MacKendrick

The first recorded spelling is that of John Kendrich, which was dated 1279, in the Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire, during the reign of King Edward I of England.

Notable people with the name include: