Baby Names:

Makenna

Meaning: born of fire

Origin: Gaelic

Alternate spellings: Mckenna

Some last names don’t translate well into first names. Smith, for instance. Or Brown. Makenna, like its more popular cousin, McKenna is an Irish surname that means “son of Cionaodh.” Cionaodh goes back to another Gaelic name Cinaed, which means “born of fire.”

Makenna made the list of popular names in 1994.