Makinze
Girl · muh-KIN-zee · Scottish
Makinze 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 Makinze 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'.
- Say it
- muh-KIN-zee
Is Makinze a girl's or a boy's name?
Makinze is a girls' name.
How popular is Makinze in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Makinze in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makinze in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Nicknames for Makinze
- Kenzie 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Makinze
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Miracle Mackenzie Dakota Isabelle Mckinley Caroline Annalise Madisson Madison Madeleine Reese Miyori
Names related to Makinze
Makenzie Makenzi Makenzy Makynzie Mckinzie Makinzie Makynzi Mackenize
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