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Girl · Irish Gaelic
Mckenna Say it: muh-KEN-uh
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Meaning From the Irish surname Mac Cionaodha 'son of Cionaodh'. Cionaodh is often said to mean 'born of fire', but its meaning is not settled.
Uncertain several explanations, none settled.
Used as an American girls' name from the 1990s, alongside Mackenzie.
Its wave through time Popular now
In the United States 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2002 per 100,000 babies of that sex 39,824 babies given this name since 1972 At its height in 2002, about 1 in 1,000 girls 1,130 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: McKenna, Makenna
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.