Mckenna
[məˈkɛnə]Meaning
anglicized form of the Irish and Scottish surname Mac Cionaodha
Background Story
Mckenna comes from an Irish and Scottish surname, an Anglicized form of Mac Cionaodha, which is itself derived from the given name Cionaodh. As a given name it was very rare before 1980, then rapidly increased in popularity during the 1990s, likely because it was viewed as an even more feminine alternative to Mackenzie. A variant is Makenna.
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