Given name
Makennah
“daughter of the handsome man”
Makennah is a variant of Mackenna. One interpretation is “daughter of the handsome man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Makennah is a variant of Mackenna. One interpretation is “daughter of the handsome man.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Makennah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 704
- 0 boys · 704 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 51 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,377 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −80%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,377 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 51 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 569 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Makennah’s family of names
Makennah has a related form in Mackenna.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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