Mackenzie

Alternative forms

• Mackenzi
• Mackensie
• MacKenzie
• MacKensie
• Mac Kenzie
• Mac Kensie
• Mc Kenzie
• Mc Kensie
• McKenzie
• McKensie
• Mckenzie
• Mckensie
• McKinzie
• Mckinzie
• Mckenzi

Origin

Scottish Gaelic gd("son of") + Mac("the intelligent one" or possibly "the wise ruler") + Kenzie or “the bright one/the one born of fire”. Possible alternate: Gaelic MacCoinneach ("Son of Kenneth"). Originally a surname, the family motto being “I shine, not burn.”

Full definition of Mackenzie

Proper noun

1. of Scottish origin.
2. , also in the form Makenzie.
3. .
4. A river in the Northwest Territories, the longest in Canada, running from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea.

Further reading

• http://clanmackenzie.com/