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Mckensey
How to Pronounce Mckensey
Pronounced muh-KEN-zee /məˈkɛn.zi/Medium
Meaning: Mckensey is a respelling of Mackenzie, from the Scottish Gaelic surname Mac Coinnich, 'son of Coinneach,' the personal name Coinneach meaning 'comely, fair, handsome.' The -sey ending mirrors the spoken sound; as a girl's name Mackenzie and its spellings took off in the late twentieth century.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
Mckensey is a variant spelling of Mackenzie, from the Scottish Gaelic Mac Coinnich, 'son of Coinneach' - a personal name meaning 'comely' or 'fair.' Like many surnames it crossed into first-name use, especially for girls, through the late twentieth century. This particular spelling appears in United States records from the late nineteen-eighties and reached its small high in the mid-nineteen-nineties. It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year.
A girl named Mckensey from that peak would be about thirty now. The name reads as a nineteen-nineties surname-style pick; the tidier Mackenzie and McKenzie spellings are the ones that endured, and this one stays rare.
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What does the name Mckensey mean?
It is a spelling variant of Mackenzie, a Scottish surname meaning 'son of Coinneach,' whose name means 'comely' or 'fair.'
How do you pronounce Mckensey?
It's said muh-KEN-zee /məˈkɛn.zi/, three syllables, stress on the middle.
Is Mckensey a boy or girl name?
Mckensey is used here as a girl's name, in the modern way Mackenzie is popular for girls.
How popular is Mckensey?
It has always been rare, a nineteen-nineties spelling given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak.