Etymology

McKinney

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Pictish *ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ
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  1. Pictish · derived from*ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ
  2. English todayMcKinney

* As a Scottish and Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac Cionaodha, Mac Cionaoith. * Also as an Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac Coinnigh (“son of Coinneach”), also treated in Scotland as equivalent to Kenneth. Both senses above are derived from Pictish *ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ. Sometimes Anglicized in Scotland as McKenzie.

Words from the same roots

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Kenneth

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