Kensington

Place name

Kensington Origin and Meaning

The name Kensington is a girl's name.

Kensington is a place name with a number of referents; there are cities by the name in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the UK, and the US. As a girls' name, it entered the US Top 1000 in 2015, likely as a fresher way to get to nickname Kensie/Kenzie than Mackenzie, Mckenzie, or Makenzie.

Kensington Rank in US Top 1000

# 971 in the US

Popularity of the name Kensington

• 971 US 2015
• 979 Unique 2021
• 550 Future 2028

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Famous People Named Kensington

• Kensington Calhoun Ravenel (b. 2014) daughter of reality TV personalities Kathryn Dennis and Thomas Ravenel of "Southern Charm"
• Kensington Kelly Brown (b. 2016) daughter of TV personalities Sean Brown and Casey Reinhardt of "Laguna Beach"

The name Kensington in Pop Culture

• Vanessa Kensington character in the Austin Powers series
• Kensington Palace London, England