Given name & surname · also Irish
McKennon
“the son of Kenna; to ascend”
McKennon is a variant of McKenna. One interpretation is “the son of Kenna; to ascend.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
McKennon is a variant of McKenna. One interpretation is “the son of Kenna; to ascend.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
McKennon comes from Irish, and ultimately from Scottish Gaelic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhionnáin (“son of Fionnán”).
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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
McKennon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 93
- 93 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 130 as a first name in 2020; 807 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
McKennon’s family of names
McKennon has a related form in McKenna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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