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Makinze
How to Pronounce Makinze
Pronounced mah-KEN-zee /məˈkɛn.zi/Medium
Meaning: Makinze is a phonetic respelling of Mackenzie, the Scottish clan surname from the Gaelic MacCoinnich, 'son of Coinneach,' Coinneach itself meaning 'comely, handsome, fair one'; the surname passed widely into American first-name use for girls.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Makinze is a phonetic variant of Mackenzie, the Scottish surname from MacCoinnich, 'son of Coinneach' ('the fair one'). It surfaced as surname names for girls surged in the nineteen-nineties, giving families a distinctive spelling of a very familiar sound.
Makinze was never as common as the standard Mackenzie, given to only about twenty girls a year in its best years around the turn of the millennium, and it faded as the trend cooled. A girl named Makinze then would be an adult in her twenties today.
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What does the name Makinze mean?
It is a respelling of Mackenzie, a Scottish clan surname meaning 'son of the comely, fair one.'
How do you pronounce Makinze?
It is said mah-KEN-zee /məˈkɛn.zi/, three syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Makinze a boy or girl name?
Makinze is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Makinze?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the late nineteen-nineties.