The Irish and Scottish surname Kenney is an anglicized form of the Gaelic name Ó Coinnigh meaning “descendant of Coinneach,” an Old Irish personal name equivalent to Scottish Kenneth. This was borne by a 6th-century monk and saint who gave his name to the town of Kilkenny ‘church of Coinneach.’ In Ireland the name is most frequently found in the western counties of Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. The name is first recorded in the New World in 1635 when Edmund Kenny arrived in Virginia. Today there are approximately 27,000 bearers of the name Kenney living in the US. Notable bearers of teh surname Kenney include Annie Kenny the British suffragete. Annie was born in 1879 and died in 1957. She was English, working-class.  and a socialist feminist who became a leading figure in the Women's Social and Political Union. Kenney attracted the attention of the press and public in 1905 when she and Christabel Pankhurst were imprisoned for several days for assault related to the questioning of Sir Edward Grey at a rally in Manchester on the issue of votes for women.

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