Mekenna
Girl · muh-KEN-uh · Irish
Mekenna 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 Mekenna mean?
Irish: respelling of McKenna, from Irish Mac Cionaoith
“son of Cionaodh”
A respelling of McKenna, an Irish surname from Mac Cionaoith, 'son of Cionaodh', a name Anglicised as Kenneth.
- Say it
- muh-KEN-uh
Is Mekenna a girl's or a boy's name?
Mekenna is a girls' name.
How popular is Mekenna 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 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Mekenna in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mekenna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
Nicknames for Mekenna
- Kenna 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Mekenna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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