Makinlee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAK-in-lee
- Origin
- Scottish
Makinlee is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of the fair warrior”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Makinlee mean?
Scottish: variant of McKinley, from Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaigh 'son of Finlay'
“son of the fair warrior”
From the surname McKinley, borne by William McKinley, 25th President of the United States.
Is Makinlee a girl's or a boy's name?
Makinlee is a girls' name.
How popular is Makinlee in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Makinlee in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makinlee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Nicknames for Makinlee
- Kinlee 71 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Makinlee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee, Monroe, Mckinley, Finley, Novalee, Brylee, Kinley, Adalynn, Mckenna, Rynlee, Madilyn, Mackenzie
Names related to Makinlee
Mckinlee, Makinley, Mackinley, Makynlee, Makenlee, Makenley, Makenli
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, “Makinlee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makinlee, updated 20 October 2026.