Mckensey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
Mckensey 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 Mckensey 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 Mckensey a girl's or a boy's name?
Mckensey is a girls' name.
How popular is Mckensey in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1995, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Mckensey in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mckensey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Nicknames for Mckensey
- Kenzie 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mckensey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Keeley Kennedy Mckinley Kinley Teagan Kenley Kiara Brianna Devyn Rhiannon Delaney
Names related to Mckensey
Mckenzie Mckenzi Mckinsey Mckenzee Mckenize Mckenzy Mackensie Mckensie
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, “Mckensey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mckensey, updated 20 October 2026.