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Girl · Irish Gaelic
Mckenna
Say it: muh-KEN-uh
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.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Used as an American girls' name from the 1990s, alongside Mackenzie.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 39,824 babies given this name since 1972
- At its height in 2002, about 1 in 1,000 girls
- 1,130 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: McKenna, Makenna
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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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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.