Definition of "Kinney"

(countable) A surname

1. A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó Cionaodha (“descendant of Kenneth”).  examples

2. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant anglicization of Mac Cionaodha (McKenna).  examples

A placename

1. A city in Minnesota, United States; named for landowner O. D. Kinney.  examples

2. Ellipsis of Kinney County.  examples