Girl · Scottish Gaelic
Mackenzie
Say it: muh-KEN-zee
Meaning
From the Scottish surname MacCoinnich 'son of Coinneach'; Coinneach is usually explained as 'handsome, comely'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A boys' and surname-name in Scotland, it became a popular American girls' name in the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 139,711 babies given this name since 1973
- At its height in 2001, about 1 in 260 girls
- 2,327 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: McKenzie, Makenzie
Famous bearers
- Mackenzie Phillips, American actress
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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