Mackenzie

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/mɑˈkɛn.ji/UK/məˈkɛn.ziː/US/məˈkɛn.zi/

proper noun

A surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin.

Similar
Deh Cho
Less commonScrabble 26

Meanings

Mackenzie1

proper nounMackenzie (countable and uncountable, plural Mackenzies)

plural Mackenzies

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin.
  2. A unisex given name
    1. countableuncountableA female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage, also in the form Makenzie.
    2. countableuncountableA male given name.
  3. A placename
    1. countableuncountableA river in the Northwest Territories, the longest in Canada, running from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea.

      Synonyms: Deh Cho

    2. countableuncountableA district municipality in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, central British Columbia, Canada.
    3. countableuncountableA community in Shuniah, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
    4. countableuncountableA community in Linden, Guyana.
    5. countableuncountableA territorial authority in south Canterbury, New Zealand; in full, Mackenzie District.
nounMackenzie (plural Mackenzies)

plural Mackenzies

  1. A kind of cocktail made with gin and fruit juices.

MacKenzie2

proper noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Mackenzie.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA river in the Northwest Territories, the longest in Canada, running from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea.

Similar
Deh Cho

Origin

  1. Scottish GaelicMacCoinnich
  2. ScotsMacKenȝie
  3. EnglishMackenzie

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”).

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Translations

Persian مکنزی
  • مکنزی (makenzi)a surname
Russian Макке́нзи
  • Макке́нзи (Makkénzi)a surname
Cite this entry
APA

Mackenzie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mackenzie

MLA

“Mackenzie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mackenzie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mackenzie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mackenzie.

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