Mackenzie

English

Alternative forms
  • Mackenzi
  • Mackensie
  • MacKenzie
  • MacKensie
  • Mac Kenzie
  • Mac Kensie
  • Mc Kenzie
  • Mc Kensie
  • McKenzie
  • McKensie
  • Mckenzie
  • Mckensie
  • McKinzie
  • Mckinzie

Etymology

Scottish Gaelic Mac (“son of”) +‎ Kenzie (“the intelligent one" or possibly "the wise ruler”) or “the bright one/the one born of fire”. Possible alternate: Gaelic MacCoinneach (“Son of Kenneth”). Originally a surname, the family motto being “I shine, not burn.”

Proper noun

Mackenzie

  1. A surname​ of Scottish origin.
  2. A female given name, transferred use of the surname since the 1970s, also in the form Makenzie.
  3. A male given name
  4. A river in the Northwest Territories, the longest in Canada, running from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea.

Translations

See also
  • MacKenna
  • MacCoinneach

Further reading
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