Mackinsey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KIN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
Mackinsey 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 Mackinsey mean?
Scottish: spelling of Makinsey; respelling of Mackenzie or McKinsey, from Gaelic MacCoinnich
“son of the handsome one”
A respelling of Mackenzie, an Anglicised Gaelic surname meaning 'son of Coinneach'.
Meaning borrowed from Makinsey.
Is Mackinsey a girl's or a boy's name?
Mackinsey is a girls' name.
How popular is Mackinsey 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 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Mackinsey in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mackinsey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
Nicknames for Mackinsey
- Kenzie 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mackinsey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckinley Kennedy Mckenna Miley Kinley Riley Ainsley Delaney Finley Cassidy Marley Madison
Names related to Mackinsey
Mackenzie Mackenzi Mackenzy Mckinsey Mackenize Mackinzie Mackensie Mackynzie
More Scottish names
Isla Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye 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, “Mackinsey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mackinsey, updated 20 October 2026.