Mackenzie: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “son of Coinneach”
- Origin
- Scottish Gaelic
- Say it
- muh-KEN-zee · 3 syllables
- Used for
- Girls (95% of all uses)
From the Scottish surname MacKenzie, from Gaelic Mac Coinnich. Coinneach is usually explained as 'handsome' or linked with Kenneth.
How popular is Mackenzie?
Babies named Mackenzie in 20241,606
2024 rank#200 girls
Peak year2001
Total US babies since 1880147,679
Mackenzie is fading: recent use is about 57% of its level ten years before.
Names like Mackenzie
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Mackenzie questions
What does the name Mackenzie mean?
Mackenzie means "son of Coinneach". It comes from Scottish Gaelic. From the Scottish surname MacKenzie, from Gaelic Mac Coinnich. Coinneach is usually explained as 'handsome' or linked with Kenneth.
Is Mackenzie a boy or girl name?
Mackenzie is mainly a girl's name in US records (95% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Mackenzie?
1,606 US babies were named Mackenzie in 2024. Its peak year was 2001.
How do you pronounce Mackenzie?
Mackenzie is usually pronounced muh-KEN-zee.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.