where does the name coeur d'alene come from
Coeur d'Alene people French Canadian fur traders in the late 18th or early 19th century referred to these people as the Cœur d'Alène, meaning "heart of an awl." This referred to the people's shrewdness in trading skills. British traders and later colonists adopted the French term for the people.
Kenneth Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: Cainnech and Cináed. The modern Gaelic form of Cainnech is Coinneach; the name was derived from a byname meaning "handsome", "comely".[1] The name Cinaed is partly derived from the Celtic *aidhu, meaning "fire".[2] A short form of Kenneth is Ken or Kenn. A pet form of Kenneth is Kenny.[3]