Mackenzie - Origin and Meaning of the name

The boy name Mackenzie [ 3 syll. mac-ken-zie, ma-ckenz-ie ] is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is MahKEHNZiy ^KEY. Mackenzie is used chiefly in the English and Scottish languages, and its origin is Scottish. Mackenzie has the meaning son of Coinneach, son of Kenneth. Developed from the element 'mac' meaning son. The first name is derived from the noble Scottish Gaelic surname Mac Coinnich, meaning 'son of Coinneach'. The first name has been adopted since the start of the 20th century. In Canada, the name is often associated with the Mackenzie River. See Mackenzie for more info.

Forms of Mackenzie include the pet form Mac (English and Scottish), and the variant spellings Mac Kenzie (English and Scottish) and Mckenzie (English and Scottish). See also the related form, Coinneach (Scottish).

Mackenzie is an unusual baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1994 with 0.032% of baby boys being given the name Mackenzie. Its ranking then was #366. The baby name has since fallen from favor, and is today of infrequent use. Among all boy names in its group, Mackenzie was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2007. In the past century Mackenzie has predominantly been a girl name. In 2001, Mackenzie as a girl name outnumbered its use as a boy name by 42 times.

Baby names that sound like Mackenzie include Mckenzie (English and Scottish), Mac Kenzie (English and Scottish), Maghnus (Irish), Magnus (English, German, and Scandinavian), Maxence (French), Maximus (English), and Mogens (Scandinavian).

^KEY: Pronunciation for Mackenzie: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

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