Comments (Meaning / History Only)
Why does this mean "Son of Coinneach?" I honestly think this name should mean "daughter of Coinneach" or something.
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MacKenzie is a family name. It is the name of the Clan MacKenzie.
As so many people have tried to point out, the name MacKenzie means "Son of Coinneach". Coinneach is the Gaelic for Kenneth. Coinneach in Gaelic means "the fair one".
All members of the clan MacKenzie are "sons of" Coinneach, daughters are NicCoinneach in Gaelic for the girls.
It is my family name that has been traced back with a clear lineage to 1689 in Inverness, where my GGGGGGGGGGF Donald MacKenzie was born. His son George MacKenzie was born in Inverness in 1715.
His son, also called James MacKenzie was born in 1744, 2 years before the battle of Culloden.
Following the failure of the Jacobite uprising, my ancestors moved to Edinburgh to escape the slaughter of the clans by the English. The rest as they say is history.
To hear such a proud and noble name being used as a given name for girls is offensive.
To use my ancient family name to name your little boy or girl, just because it sounds nice is ignorant. You may as well call your baby "chocolate fudge sundae", because it sounds nice!
There is a long history behind the clan names. Traditionally we take our mother's maiden name as last middle name; this is standard practice that has enabled me to trace the family back over 300 years.
When I hear of yet another child being called MacKenzie for their first name I think of ignorant Americans or people from English council estates somehow thinking that it is "cool" or "original". There is nothing cool about using the name MacKenzie as a given name. IT is just plain stupid.
I want to apologise for my rude comments, but I can't.
If you have been named MacKenzie by your parents then I am sorry; sorry for you that you will go through life being thought of as a chav with ignorant parents.
My given name is Colin. I didn't like the name that much while growing up, but later realised that it is a traditional MacKenzie clan Christian name.
My last point is that the name is Scots, NOT Irish. The MacKenzie Clan has a recorded history of over 700 years in Scotland.
You will not see a Scots family call their baby MacKenzie, they know better than to insult their own heritage.
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As so many people have tried to point out, the name MacKenzie means "Son of Coinneach". Coinneach is the Gaelic for Kenneth. Coinneach in Gaelic means "the fair one".
All members of the clan MacKenzie are "sons of" Coinneach, daughters are NicCoinneach in Gaelic for the girls.
It is my family name that has been traced back with a clear lineage to 1689 in Inverness, where my GGGGGGGGGGF Donald MacKenzie was born. His son George MacKenzie was born in Inverness in 1715.
His son, also called James MacKenzie was born in 1744, 2 years before the battle of Culloden.
Following the failure of the Jacobite uprising, my ancestors moved to Edinburgh to escape the slaughter of the clans by the English. The rest as they say is history.
To hear such a proud and noble name being used as a given name for girls is offensive.
To use my ancient family name to name your little boy or girl, just because it sounds nice is ignorant. You may as well call your baby "chocolate fudge sundae", because it sounds nice!
There is a long history behind the clan names. Traditionally we take our mother's maiden name as last middle name; this is standard practice that has enabled me to trace the family back over 300 years.
When I hear of yet another child being called MacKenzie for their first name I think of ignorant Americans or people from English council estates somehow thinking that it is "cool" or "original". There is nothing cool about using the name MacKenzie as a given name. IT is just plain stupid.
I want to apologise for my rude comments, but I can't.
If you have been named MacKenzie by your parents then I am sorry; sorry for you that you will go through life being thought of as a chav with ignorant parents.
My given name is Colin. I didn't like the name that much while growing up, but later realised that it is a traditional MacKenzie clan Christian name.
My last point is that the name is Scots, NOT Irish. The MacKenzie Clan has a recorded history of over 700 years in Scotland.
You will not see a Scots family call their baby MacKenzie, they know better than to insult their own heritage.
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Mackenzie has never been a traditional girls name. You will rarely find anyone with the first name Mackenzie who was born before 1976. Indeed it doesn't make sense since it is a Scottish surname.
The popularity of the name in my opinion can be traced entirely to the middle name of "One Day at a Time" actress Laura Mackenzie Phillips, who used the name Mackenzie as her stage name. The show aired on CBS from December 16, 1975, until May 28, 1984. Mackenzie was no doubt one of her family's surnames. Others have done the same thing. Edgar McLean Stevenson of the show MASH comes to mind. The spike in the use of the girls name Mackenzie parallels the time the show was on the air. That's how some names get established.
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The popularity of the name in my opinion can be traced entirely to the middle name of "One Day at a Time" actress Laura Mackenzie Phillips, who used the name Mackenzie as her stage name. The show aired on CBS from December 16, 1975, until May 28, 1984. Mackenzie was no doubt one of her family's surnames. Others have done the same thing. Edgar McLean Stevenson of the show MASH comes to mind. The spike in the use of the girls name Mackenzie parallels the time the show was on the air. That's how some names get established.
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Hold on. MacKenzie is a Scottish name. It is derived from a Scottish surname. Also, just because it was once and still is a surname, does not mean it is not a wonderful given name.
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If you truly look at the meaning of MacKenzie it means Scottish Warrior. It is why I named my son MacKenzie. People really need to look at the meaning of what you want to name your child before it becomes an issue. Why would you name your daughter after a Scottish Warrior? It seams like people are not doing their research before hand.
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I just tell people it means "child of the handsome one". It's the same thing.
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Mackenzie is a masculine name. I'm astounded that people are even debating the fact. As other informed individuals have already pointed out, the prefix Mac means 'Son of' and Kenzie is simply a corrupted, Anglicized form of Coinneach.
MacKenzie means 'Son of Coinneach' - nothing more, nothing less. It has no other meaning. Ask any scholar of Gaelic/Gaelic-derived names and they will tell you exactly the same thing.
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MacKenzie means 'Son of Coinneach' - nothing more, nothing less. It has no other meaning. Ask any scholar of Gaelic/Gaelic-derived names and they will tell you exactly the same thing.
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