NewName Shortlist 0 Girl · Irish Gaelic
Makenna Say it: muh-KEN-uh
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Meaning A spelling of McKenna, from the Irish surname Mac Cionaodha 'son of Cionaodh', a personal name of unsettled meaning.
Uncertain several explanations, none settled.
This spelling spread in the US from the 1990s.
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In the United States 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2005 per 100,000 babies of that sex 30,358 babies given this name since 1982 At its height in 2005, about 1 in 1,100 girls 771 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Mckenna, McKenna
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