Mckynlie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mik-KIN-lee
- Origin
- Scottish
Mckynlie is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of Finlay”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mckynlie mean?
Scottish: spelling of Mckynlee, itself a variant of McKinley, from Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaigh
“son of Finlay”
William McKinley, the 25th US president, is the best-known bearer of the surname.
Meaning borrowed from Mckynlee.
Is Mckynlie a girl's or a boy's name?
Mckynlie is a girls' name.
How popular is Mckynlie in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Mckynlie in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mckynlie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
Nicknames for Mckynlie
Names like Mckynlie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee, Rynlee, Finley, Teagan, Kinley, Braelynn, Eowyn, Mckinley, Mckenna, Monroe, Coraline, Brylee
Names related to Mckynlie
More Scottish names
Isla, Logan, 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, “Mckynlie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mckynlie, updated 20 October 2026.