Mckynzie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KIN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
Mckynzie 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 Mckynzie mean?
Scottish: respelling of Mackenzie or McKinzie, from Gaelic MacCoinnich
“son of the handsome one”
A respelling of Mackenzie, an Anglicised Gaelic surname meaning 'son of Coinneach'.
Is Mckynzie a girl's or a boy's name?
Mckynzie is a girls' name.
How popular is Mckynzie in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Mckynzie in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mckynzie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 44 | #3,547 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,998 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Nicknames for Mckynzie
- Kenzie 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mckynzie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mackenzie, Mckinley, Ellie, Maisie, Amelie, Monroe, Madison, Macie, Maddie, Emerson, Elodie, Addison
Names related to Mckynzie
Mckenzie, Mckenzi, Makynzie, Mykenzie, Mckinzie, Mckenzee, Makynzi, Mckenize
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, “Mckynzie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mckynzie, updated 20 October 2026.