Makenze
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
Makenze 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 Makenze mean?
Scottish: respelling of Mackenzie, from Gaelic MacCoinnich
“son of the handsome one”
A respelling of Mackenzie, an Anglicised Gaelic surname meaning 'son of Coinneach'.
Is Makenze a girl's or a boy's name?
Makenze is a girls' name.
How popular is Makenze 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 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Makenze in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makenze in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
Nicknames for Makenze
- Kenzie 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Makenze
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mackenzie, Miracle, Isabelle, Caroline, Dakota, Madeleine, Madison, Phoebe, Grace, Annalise, Mckinley, Annabelle
Names related to Makenze
Mckenzie, Makenzie, Makenzi, Mikenzie, Mackenzi, Makenzy, Makynzie
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, “Makenze: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makenze, updated 20 October 2026.