Mackenzie Name Meaning & Origin
Mackenzie
Pronunciation: mə-KEHN-zee (key)
Origin of the name Mackenzie:
Transferred use of the Irish surname which is from the Gaelic Mac Coinnigh (son of Coinneach). Coinneach is derived from cainneach (fair one; handsome).
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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Kenzie, Kenz, Mack, Mackz
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A Scottish surname, from the Gaelic "Mac Coinnich," a patronymic from "Coinneach" meaning "comely." The "z" of the surname represents the letter yogh, a medieval letter pronounced as a "y" glide. - paraphrased from The Oxford Dictionary of First Names
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Mackenzie Astin, American actor.
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