Mckennah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KEN-uh
- Origin
- Irish
Mckennah 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 Mckennah 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.
Meaning borrowed from Mckenna. More on Wiktionary.
Is Mckennah a girl's or a boy's name?
Mckennah is a girls' name.
How popular is Mckennah 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 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Mckennah in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mckennah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
Nicknames for Mckennah
- Kenna 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Mckennah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy, Teagan, Kennedy, Devyn, Brynn, Brianna, Reagan, Keegan, Kerrigan, Brynlee, Rowan, Kiara
Names related to Mckennah
Mckenna, Makenna, Mackenna, Mikenna, Mykenna, Makennah, Mckynna, Mckena
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Callan
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, “Mckennah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mckennah, updated 20 October 2026.