Kendra

[MimiDaisy11]

Opinions on this name? Do you think it's a good choice for a baby girl?

It makes me think of one of Hugh Heffner's girlfriends

Character in Harry Potter - Dumbledore's mother?
A schoolfriend of Black Caribbean heritage.
A Black girl at American summer camp who was known as Kenny.
Idk if it is a Black name.

Agree with PP reminds me of one of Hef's old girlfriends.

its' nice I knew one back in the 70s. it's quiet pretty

It feels like a nickname to me (but for what, I'm not sure). Maybe I'm thinking of Kenzie for Mackenzie, or Kayla for Michaela.

I'm not personally that keen, sorry OP.

I know an adult Kendra, who is probably in her 40s and American. I think its lovely, never thought of it as a Playboy type name

Kendra the Vampire Slayer and her indescribable accent!

Nice name though.

The only reference I have for this name is one of Hugh Hefner's 'girlfriends'

Sounds like someone who was at the Playboy Mansion which would totally put me off sorry

Makes me think of the character from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It's fine, there are far worse names.

Didn't think it would take long for someone to say Buffy.

It could end up being shortened to Ken.

I didn't know so many people knew the names of playboy models LOL. I didn't know that was still a thing. I posted in reddit about it where it's mostly Americans and thought here where I think most people are British you'd say something different LOL.

I know a number of Kendra's but that's because I live in the Caribbean.

Similar to Chandra, it's a very northern US name, I've never met any in UK but tons here.

I like it, doesn't make me think of playboy bunnies at all, all the Kendra's I know are pretty level headed!

@SeanCailleach

Character in Harry Potter - Dumbledore's mother? A schoolfriend of Black Caribbean heritage. A Black girl at American summer camp who was known as Kenny. Idk if it is a Black name.

You think Nigerian parents living in Nigeria are consulting The Big Book of Black Names and finding Kendra asterisked?

Or Ethiopian parents?

Or Brazilian parents?

Wtf is a black name?

Ffs ...

I'd never heard of it, but my first thought was 'American'.

Wasn’t Hugh Hefner’s Kendra on I’m a Celeb, so it will be widely known in the uk

It is an Anglo- Saxon name. So a very English name. Like Hereward, Godwin, Mildred or Ethel.

I distantly know a Kendra who is American, lovely, and one of the cleverest people! I doubt that a child's friends will have any idea about the names of Playboy bunnies, so if you like it I'd ignore that reference and go ahead.

To me its an extremely whitebread American cheerleader name. Nothing wrong with that per se, just not my bag.

I really like it. Didn't know it was a playboy thing!

It's a nice name. I too only know the playboy bunny Kendra (from the fly on the wall TV show) , so assumed it was an American name. I wouldn't let that put you off though. To the people who know your daughter, she will become the Kendra the name reminds them of.

Playboy

Will she be a vampire slayer?

I never knew it was an OE name! You learn something every day on here.

I actually think it's a nice name but I do like a lot of American names. It's unusual but not too unusual.