Mackenzie (given name)

Mackenzie

Gender	Unisex
Origin
Language	English
Word/name	Mackenzie (surname)
Meaning	Son of Coinneach (son of the bright one)
Other names
Related names	Kenzie

Mackenzie is a unisex given name. It is derived from the Scottish surname, from the Gaelic MacCoinnich (son of Coinneach/Kenneth). In North America, the name is more often used for girls than boys.

Laura Mackenzie Phillips, better known as Mackenzie Phillips, had her middle name as a tribute to the musician Scott MacKenzie, a friend and bandmate of her father, John Phillips, in The Mamas and the Papas. Her starring role in the 1975 TV show One Day at a Time was a major factor in the popularity of Mackenzie as a female given name, raising it from obscurity.

Notable people with the given name in its various spellings include:

Mackenzie

Male

• Mackenzie Astin (born 1973), American actor
• Mackenzie Blackburn (born 1992), Canadian-born Chinese Taipei short track speed skater
• Mackenzie Blackwood (born 1996), Canadian NHL goaltender
• Sir Mackenzie Bowell (1823–1917), English-born Canadian Prime Minister
• Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (born 1991), Canadian ski jumper and Olympian
• Mackenzie Chapman (born 2002), English professional footballer
• Mackenzie Clark (born 2004), Canadian racing driver
• Mackenzie Crook (born 1971), English actor, director, and writer
• Mackenzie Dalzell Chalmers (1847–1927), English judge and civil servant
• Mackenzie Darragh (born 1993), Canadian competitive swimmer
• Mackenzie Gordon Jr. (1913–1992), American invertebrate paleontologist
• Mackenzie Gray (born 1957), Canadian film-, television-, and stage actor
• Mackenzie Harvey (born 2000), Australian cricketer
• Mackenzie Heaney (born 1999), English footballer
• Mackenzie Horton (born 1996), Australian retired freestyle swimmer
• Mackenzie Hughes (born 1990), Canadian professional golfer
• Mackenzie Kiritome, Tuvaluan politician
• Mackenzie MacEachern (born 1994), American AHL- and NHL player
• Mackenzie Martin (born 2003), Welsh professional rugby union player
• Mackenzie McDonald (born 1995), American professional tennis player
• Mackenzie Mgbako (born 2004), Nigerian-American college basketball player
• Mackenzie Molner (born 1988), American chess grandmaster- and instructor
• Mackenzie Murdock (born 1989), American voice actor and writer
• Mackenzie Pridham (born 1990), Canadian soccer player
• Mackenzie Ross (1890–1974), Scottish golf course architect
• Mackenzie Skapski (born 1994), Canadian goaltending coach and former NHL goaltender
• Mackenzie Sol (born 2000), English contestant on American Idol season 22
• Mackenzie Taylor (1978–2010), English comedian, writer, and director
• Mackenzie Thomason (born 1997), Canadian politician
• Mackenzie Thorpe (born 1956), British artist
• Mackenzie Walcott (1821–1880), English clergyman, ecclesiologist, and antiquarian
• Mackenzie Ward (1903–1976), British stage- and film actor
• Mackenzie Wilcox (born 1996), New Zealand field hockey player
• Mackenzie Willis (born 1995), Australian AFL player

Female

• Mackenzie Aladjem (born 2001), American retired actress
• Mackenzie Alexander (born 2006), Canadian ice hockey player
• Mackenzie Allessie (born 2001), American field hockey player
• Mackenzie Arnold (born 1994), Australian WSL player
• Mackenzie Barry (born 2001), New Zealand footballer
• Mackenzie Bent (born 1997), Canadian ice dancer
• Mackenzie Brannan (born 1996), American artistic gymnast
• Mackenzie Brown (born 1995), American archer
• Mackenzie Caquatto (born 1992), American artistic gymnast
• Mackenzie Carpenter, American musician
• Mackenzie Carson (born 1998), Canadian-born English rugby union player
• Mackenzie Clinch Hoycard (born 1998), Australian WNBL player
• Mackenzie Cowell (1992–2010), American murder victim
• Mackenzie Davis (born 1987), Canadian actress
• Mackenzie Dern (born 1993), Brazilian- and American professional MMA and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner
• Mackenzie Elias (born 2000), Canadian curler
• Mackenzie Fierceton (born 1997), American activist and graduate student
• Mackenzie Firgens, American actress
• Mackenzie Foy (born 2000), American actress and model
• Mackenzie Glover (born 1998), Canadian swimmer
• Mackenzie Hawkesby (born 2000), Australian professional footballer
• Mackenzie Holmes (born 2000), American college basketball player
• Mackenzie Lank (born 1994), American curler
• Mackenzie Lansing, French-American television- and film actress
• Mackenzie Lintz, American film- and television actress
• Mackenzie Little (born 1996), Australian javelin thrower
• Mackenzie Lueck (1996–2019), American murder victim
• Mackenzie McKee (born 1994), American reality television personality
• Mackenzie Padington (born 1999), Canadian swimmer
• Mackenzie Phillips (born 1959), American actress
• Mackenzie Rosman (born 1989), American actress
• Mackenzie Ruth Scott (born 1991), American singer-songwriter, stage name Torre
• Mackenzie Smith (born 2001), American actress
• Mackenzie Soldan (born 1992), American wheelchair basketball- and wheelchair tennis player
• Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis, American neuroscientist
• Mackenzie Woodring, American Paralympic cyclist
• Mackenzie Zacharias (born 1999), Canadian curler
• Mackenzie Ziegler (born 2004), American dancer, singer, actress, model, and social media personality

MacKenzie

Male

• MacKenzie Bourg (born 1992), American singer-songwriter
• MacKenzie Entwistle (born 1999), Canadian NHL player
• MacKenzie Gore (born 1999), American MLB pitcher
• MacKenzie Miller (1921–2010), American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and owner/breeder
• MacKenzie Weegar (born 1994), Canadian NHL player

Female

• MacKenzie Jones, American Jeopardy! contestant
• MacKenzie Mauzy (born 1988), American actress
• MacKenzie Meehan, American actress
• MacKenzie Porter (born 1990), Canadian country singer, songwriter, and actress
• MacKenzie Scott (born 1970), American novelist and philanthropist

Mackenzy

• Mackenzy Bernadeau (born 1986), American NFL player

Mackynzie

• Mackynzie Duggar (born 2009), American daughter of Joshua and Anna Duggar

Makenzie

Male

• Makenzie Kirk (born 2004), Northern Irish professional footballer

Female

• Makenzie Dunmore (born 1997), American sprinter
• Makenzie Fischer (born 1997), American water polo player
• Makenzie Leigh (born 1990), American actress, director, producer, and writer
• Makenzie Lystrup (born c. 1977), American planetary scientist
• Makenzie Vega (born 1994), American actress
• Makenzie Weale (born 2002), Australian professional rugby league footballer

McKenzie

Male

• McKenzie Corey Dickerson (born 1989), American MLB player
• McKenzie Grant (1834–1897), Australian pastoralist and politician
• McKenzie Milton (born 1997), American college football coach and former player
• McKenzie Moore (born 1992), American basketball player
• McKenzie Smith, American member of folk rock band Midlake
• McKenzie Yei (born 1997), Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer

Female

• McKenzie Adams (born 1992), American professional volleyball player
• McKenzie Berryhill (born 1993), American retired soccer player
• McKenzie Browne (born 1995), American speed skater
• McKenzie Cantrell (born 1987), American politician
• McKenzie Coan (born 1996), American Paralympic swimmer
• McKenzie Dowrick (born 2000), Australian AFLW player
• McKenzie Forbes (born 2000), American college basketball player
• McKenzie Hawkins (born 1997), American rugby union player
• McKenzie Kurtz (born 1997), American actress, singer, and dancer
• McKenzie Meehan (born 1994), American retired NWSL player
• McKenzie Siroky (born 2005), American swimmer
• McKenzie Wark (born 1961), Australian writer
• McKenzie Westmore (born 1977), American actress, singer, host, entrepreneur, and model
• McKenzie Wofford (born 1995), American retired artistic gymnast

Fictional characters

• Mackenzie, a character who appeared in the episode "Creepy Connie 3: The Creepening" from the Disney Channel show Jessie, played by G Hannelius
• Mackenzie Allen, in the American political drama TV series Commander in Chief, played by Geena Davis
• Mackenzie Atkins, in the British TV soap opera EastEnders, played by Isaac Lemonius
• Mackenzie Booth, in the Australian TV soap opera Home and Away, played by Emily Weir
• Mackenzie Boyd, in the British TV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Lawrence Robb
• Mackenzie Browning, in the American TV soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by Ashley Bashioum, Nicole Tarantini, Kelly Kruger, Rachel Kimsey, and Clementine Ford
• Mackenzie Calhoun, in the Star Trek: New Frontier series
• Mackenzie Choat, in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street, played by Ingrid Park
• Mackenzie "Mac" Cory, in the American TV soap opera Another World, played by Robert Emhardt and Douglass Watson
• Mackenzie Hargreaves, in the Australian TV soap opera Neighbours, played by Georgie Stone
• Mackenzie "Mack" Hartford, an Operation Overdrive Red Ranger, played by James Maclurcan; voiced by Nolan North in Power Rangers: Super Legends
• Mackenzie Hollister, in Dork Diaries
• Mackenzie Mack, a.k.a. Makoto Kenzaki, in the anime series DokiDoki! PreCure, voiced by Kanako Miyamoto (Japanese) and Stephanie Sheh (English)
• MacKenzie "Mac" Morgan McHale, in the US TV series The Newsroom, played by Emily Mortimer
• Mackenzie Zales, in the US adult stop-motion animated comedy web series The Most Popular Girls in School, voiced by Kate Frisbee
• Mackenzie, a Border Collie in the Australian animated preschool TV series Bluey
• McKenzie "Mack", one of the two leads in the television musical film Teen Beach Movie, played by Maia Mitchell
• Mackenzie, a character played by Chad Dylan Cooper from the fictional series MacKenzie Falls in the Disney Channel series Sonny With a Chance
• Kenzie Judd, in the British television soap opera Coronation Street, played by Jack Cooper

See also

• Kenzie