Makinsey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KIN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
Makinsey 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 Makinsey mean?
Scottish: 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'.
Is Makinsey a girl's or a boy's name?
Makinsey is a girls' name.
How popular is Makinsey in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Makinsey in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makinsey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
Nicknames for Makinsey
- Kenzie 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Makinsey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckinley, Mackenzie, Miley, Madison, Marley, Riley, Ainsley, Kennedy, Delaney, Bailey, Journey, Paisley
Names related to Makinsey
Makenzi, Makenzy, Mckinsey, Makinzie, Makinze, Makensie, Makinzi, Makinzee
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, 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, “Makinsey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makinsey, updated 20 October 2026.