Kendall is an English surname from the town of Kendal in Cumbria, which means "valley of the River Kent". It was used for boys first, but since the 1990s it has become a girls' name in the United States, and reality star and model Kendall Jenner made it a household name. Kendall ranked 191st in 2000, peaked at number 116 in 2012 and has eased to 328th place among girls' names in 2025.