Mackenzie

Meaning

1. A male given name.
2. A district municipality in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, central British Columbia, Canada.
3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage, also in the form Makenzie.
4. A unisex given name
5. A surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin.
6. A number of places in Canada
7. A river in the Northwest Territories, the longest in Canada, running from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea.
8. A placename
9. Alternative letter-case form of Mackenzie.
10. A kind of cocktail made with gin and fruit juices.

Etymology / origin

Spelling pronunciation of Scots MacKenȝie with the letter ⟨ȝ⟩ confused with ⟨z⟩. Ultimately from Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, itself from mac (“son, descendant”) + Coinnich (“of Coinneach”).

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