Mckena
Girl · muh-KEN-uh · Irish
Mckena is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “son of Cionaodh”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mckena mean?
Irish: spelling of Mckenna; from the Irish surname Mac Cionaodha
“son of Cionaodh”
From an Irish surname meaning son of Cionaodh, the Gaelic name that is anglicised as Kenny or Kenneth.
- Say it
- muh-KEN-uh
Meaning borrowed from Mckenna. More on Wiktionary.
Is Mckena a girl's or a boy's name?
Mckena is a girls' name.
How popular is Mckena in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Mckena in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mckena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
Nicknames for Mckena
- Kenna 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Mckena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Mckena
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