McKinney

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginPictish *ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative McKinnie

  1. A surname.
  2. A city, the county seat of Collin County, Texas, United States.

Origin

  1. Pictish*ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ
  2. EnglishMcKinney

* 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.

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APA

McKinney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McKinney

MLA

“McKinney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McKinney. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “McKinney,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McKinney.

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