Baby Names: McKenna – Babble
McKenna
Baby Names:
McKenna
Meaning: born of fire
Origin: Gaelic
Alternate spellings: Mckenna, Makenna
Some last names don’t translate well into first names. Smith, for instance. Or Brown. McKenna is an Irish surname that means “son of Cionaodh.” Cionaodh goes back to another Gaelic name Cinaed, which means “born of fire.”
McKenna made the list of popular names in 1991.
By The Numbers
U.S. Rank by Year
2000: 188
2004: 202
2008: 220
Rank of Similar Names in 2008
Makena 873
Makenna 229
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