Släkthistoria för Kensett
Kensett Vad efternamn betyder
from an unrecorded Middle English female personal name *Kinseth Old English Cyneswīð a compound derived from Old English cynn ‘family kin’ + Old English swīð ‘strong’. This name has not been found in the medieval records of Hants or Sussex so the post-medieval Sussex bearers cited below may alternatively belong with (2). see Kingett and compare Thomas Kynsett 1610 Elizabeth Kinget 1641 in IGI (Birlingham Worcs). There may have been confusion of Kingett with the names in (1) and (3). perhaps a colloquial pronunciation of Kingswood a surname that historically has a somewhat similar distribution to that of Kensett and Kinzett .
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
