Kinzi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KIN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
Kinzi is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Kenneth”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kinzi mean?
Scottish: spelling of Kinzie, itself a variant of Kenzie, short for Mackenzie
“son of Kenneth”
A short form of Mackenzie, from the Scottish Gaelic surname MacCoinnich, 'son of Coinneach'.
Meaning borrowed from Kinzie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kinzi a girl's or a boy's name?
Kinzi is a girls' name.
How popular is Kinzi in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Kinzi in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kinzi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
Names like Kinzi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiyomi, Kori, Zuri, Yuri, Kaori, Remi, Demi, Kyomi, Kairi, Yumi, Nyomi, Dakota
Names related to Kinzi
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kinzi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kinzi, updated 20 October 2026.