Fun Facts About the Name Makynna
- 461 babies named Makynna: U.S. records list 461 babies given the name Makynna from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Makynna Mean?
Makynna is a modern respelling of the Irish surname-derived given name McKenna (also spelled Makenna and Mackenna), and it carries the meaning of that name: "born of fire." The root is the Irish Gaelic surname Mac Cionaoith (also recorded as Mac Cionaodha), a patronymic meaning "son of Cionaoith."
Cionaoith is an old Irish personal name built from two elements: cion, meaning "affection" or "esteem," and Aodh, a name meaning "fire" that was also borne by a figure in Irish tradition associated with fire and the sun. Literally, then, the surname means "son of Cionaoith"; the customary and widely repeated interpretation is "born of fire." As a feminine given name, the "son of" element is historical rather than descriptive of the person who bears it.
Makynna Name History & Origins
The family name behind Makynna is Gaelic Irish. Mac Cionaoith belonged to the McKennas, a lineage of the Cenél Fearadhaigh in the north of Ireland; the family was long associated with the district of Truagh in what is now County Monaghan, where the surname was anglicized in numerous ways, including McKenna, MacKenna, and Makenna.
As with many Irish surnames, McKenna moved into use as a personal name in the English-speaking world in the later 20th century, most often for girls. Makynna is a recent reworking of that form: it keeps the sound of McKenna but substitutes y for e and uses a doubled n, a style of phonetic respelling common in modern American naming. The spelling Makynna belongs to this modern layer; the underlying name is the older Irish surname.
How Popular is the Name Makynna?
Makynna has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #3,637 in 2007.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,289 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #14,549 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #16,811 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #11,775 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #16,617 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #9,499 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #11,105 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #13,575 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #7,475 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2015 | #7,481 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2014 | #11,577 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #6,915 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #6,253 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2011 | #4,773 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2010 | #4,364 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2009 | #5,484 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2008 | #5,387 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2007 | #3,637 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 2006 | #3,966 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 2005 | #4,168 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2004 | #5,683 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2003 | #8,305 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2002 | #8,623 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #11,644 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #12,623 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #10,013 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #15,608 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #13,089 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #10,151 | 8 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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