Mekenzie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
Mekenzie 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 Mekenzie 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 Mekenzie a girl's or a boy's name?
Mekenzie is a girls' name.
How popular is Mekenzie in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 87 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Mekenzie in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mekenzie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,195 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 39 | #3,982 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,175 |
| 2005 | 49 | #3,166 |
| 2004 | 54 | #2,923 |
| 2003 | 70 | #2,365 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,884 |
| 2001 | 76 | #2,147 |
| 2000 | 87 | #1,934 |
| 1999 | 67 | #2,219 |
| 1998 | 62 | #2,276 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,931 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
Nicknames for Mekenzie
- Kenzie 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mekenzie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mackenzie, Madison, Kenzie, Miracle, Macie, Mckinley, Mariah, Mckenna, Kylie, Ellie, Makayla, Chloe
Names related to Mekenzie
Mckenzie, Makenzie, Mikenzie, Mykenzie, Makinzee, Mckinzee, Meckenzie
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, “Mekenzie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mekenzie, updated 20 October 2026.