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KennethKenneth is a male given name. Origin Originally an anglicized form of the Pictish name "Cinead" or "Cionaedh", meaning "born of fire" (Aedh being the fire god in old Pictish mythology). Other names have also been anglicized as Kenneth, including the Old English "Cyne-ath," meaning "royal oath" and the Irish Gaelic "Coinneach", meaning "handsome one". Saint Kenneth's Day is October 11. English nicknames include Ken, Kenney, and Kenny. Famous instances of the name Kenneth: People Places Other - What's the Frequency, Kenneth? is the name of a song by REM that came from an incident in 1986 when Dan Rather was assualted by the-then-unknown William Tager who shouted "Kenneth, what's the Frequency?" while he repeatedly kicked Rather. In the US, as a result of this incident, "Kenneth" has became slang for a confused or uninformed person.
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