Mackinze
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KIN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
Mackinze 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 Mackinze mean?
Scottish: spelling of Makinze; 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 Makinze.
Is Mackinze a girl's or a boy's name?
Mackinze is a girls' name.
How popular is Mackinze in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Mackinze in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mackinze in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Nicknames for Mackinze
- Kenzie 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mackinze
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isabelle Caroline Miracle Madison Madeleine Grace Phoebe Annabelle Adeline Mckinley Reese Annalise
Names related to Mackinze
Mackenzie Mckenzie Makenzie Mackenzi Makynzie Mckinzie Makenzee Mackenzy
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, “Mackinze: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mackinze, updated 20 October 2026.