Mackenzye
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
Mackenzye is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of the handsome one”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mackenzye mean?
Scottish: spelling of Makenzye; respelling of Mackenzie, from Gaelic MacCoinnich
“son of the handsome one”
A respelling of Mackenzie, an Anglicised Gaelic surname meaning 'son of Coinneach'.
Meaning borrowed from Makenzye.
Is Mackenzye a girl's or a boy's name?
Mackenzye is a girls' name.
How popular is Mackenzye in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Mackenzye in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mackenzye in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Nicknames for Mackenzye
- Kenzie 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mackenzye
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckinley, Mckenna, Madison, Madilyn, Kennedy, Camryn, Miracle, Isabelle, Caroline, Macie, Skye, Miley
Names related to Mackenzye
Mackenzie, Mckenzie, Makenzie, Makenzi, Mackenzi, Makenzy, Makenzee, Mackenzy
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Knox, Dallas
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, “Mackenzye: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mackenzye, updated 20 October 2026.