Mackena
Girl · muh-KEN-uh · Irish
Mackena is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “son of Cionaodh”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mackena mean?
Irish: spelling of Makenna, itself a spelling of McKenna, from Mac Cionaodha
“son of Cionaodh”
A spelling of McKenna, the Irish surname meaning son of Cionaodh, a name anglicised as Kenny or Kenneth.
- Say it
- muh-KEN-uh
Meaning borrowed from Makenna. More on Wiktionary.
Is Mackena a girl's or a boy's name?
Mackena is a girls' name.
How popular is Mackena in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Mackena in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mackena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Nicknames for Mackena
- Kenna 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Mackena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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