Makenize
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
Makenize is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Coinneach”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Makenize mean?
Scottish: spelling of Mackenize; respelling of Mackenzie, from Gaelic MacCoinnich
“son of Coinneach”
Variant spelling of Mackenzie, an Anglicised Scottish surname meaning son of Coinneach, the Gaelic name usually rendered Kenneth.
Meaning borrowed from Mackenize.
Is Makenize a girl's or a boy's name?
Makenize is a girls' name.
How popular is Makenize in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Makenize in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makenize in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Nicknames for Makenize
- Kenzie 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Makenize
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Miracle Mackenzie Isabelle Monroe Mckinley Madisson Nyomi Annalise Adeline Caroline Marlowe Reese
Names related to Makenize
Mckenzie Makenzie Makenzi Mikenzie Mackenzi Makenzy Makynzie
More Scottish names
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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, “Makenize: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makenize, updated 20 October 2026.