Mckenize
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
Mckenize 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 Mckenize 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 Mckenize a girl's or a boy's name?
Mckenize is a girls' name.
How popular is Mckenize in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Mckenize in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mckenize in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Nicknames for Mckenize
- Kenzie 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mckenize
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mackenzie, Miracle, Mckinley, Isabelle, Caroline, Madeleine, Reese, Madison, Annalise, Maeve, Madilyn, Camryn
Names related to Mckenize
Mckenzie, Makenzie, Mikenzie, Mackenzi, Mckenzi, Mykenzie, Mckinzie
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, “Mckenize: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mckenize, updated 20 October 2026.