Makenah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KEN-uh
- Origin
- Irish
Makenah 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 Makenah 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.
Meaning borrowed from Makenna. More on Wiktionary.
Is Makenah a girl's or a boy's name?
Makenah is a girls' name.
How popular is Makenah 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 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Makenah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makenah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Nicknames for Makenah
- Kenna 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Makenah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Hadassah, Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Jaliyah, Zariah, Taliyah, Kamiyah, Sariyah, Naziyah, Selah, Samiyah
Names related to Makenah
Makenna, Makena, Mackenna, Makynna, Makennah, Mckennah, Makinna, Mckena
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
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, “Makenah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makenah, updated 20 October 2026.