Mckensi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
Mckensi 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 Mckensi mean?
Scottish: spelling of Mckensie; respelling of Mackenzie, from Gaelic MacCoinnich
“son of the handsome one”
A respelling of Mackenzie, an Anglicised Gaelic surname meaning 'son of Coinneach'.
Meaning borrowed from Mckensie.
Is Mckensi a girl's or a boy's name?
Mckensi is a girls' name.
How popular is Mckensi in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Mckensi in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mckensi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Nicknames for Mckensi
- Kenzie 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mckensi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Kennadi Kennedy Codi Teagan Kiara Mckinley Keeley Mackenzie Logan Fiona Rhiannon
Names related to Mckensi
Mckenzie Mackenzi Mckenzi Mckinsey Mckenzee Mckenize Mckenzy Mackensie
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas
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, “Mckensi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mckensi, updated 20 October 2026.