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Makenzie
Say it: muh-KEN-zee
Meaning
From the Scottish surname Mackenzie, Gaelic MacCoinnich 'son of Coinneach'; Coinneach (Kenneth) is usually linked with caoin 'comely, fair'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Mackenzie became a girls' name in the US after the actress Mackenzie Phillips in the 1970s; this spelling followed.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2010s
In the United States
- 42,494 babies given this name since 1975
- At its height in 2011, about 1 in 796 girls
- 895 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Mackenzie, McKenzie, Mckenzie
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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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