The story
- Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMacCoinnich
- Scots · borrowed fromMacKenȝie
- English todayMackenzie
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”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.