Makenzie

Where Makenzie comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Makenzie.

  • Vowel-ended
Makenzie through the years
  1. 1975
    First appearance
    #9,067 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1994
    Makenzie Vega born
    American actress
  3. 1997
    Makenzie Fischer born
    American water polo player
  4. 2011
    Peak, #139
    2,210 babies named Makenzie, the most in any year.
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #295.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1990s and later usage, variant of MacKenzie.
Namesakes
  • Makenzie Vega · American actress, born 1994
  • Makenzie Fischer · American water polo player, born 1997
  • Makenzie Leigh · actor, born 1990
  • Makenzie Kirk · Northern Irish association football player, born 2004

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.