Makinna

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Makinna by the numbers

Makinna was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 25 babies in 2006, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Makinna

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Makinna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Makennason of ceannaidh; fire-born or headstrong; a form of McKenna971 in the US (2017)
  • Makynna7 in the US (2017)
  • Mckinna7 in the US (2017)
  • Mckennason of ceannaidh; fire-born or headstrong; a form of McKenna1,247 in the US (2017)
  • Marianaof the sea; feminine form of Marius1,084 in the US (2017)
  • Marinaof the sea68 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Makinna

Names that are said the same way as Makinna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Makenahappy one205 in the US (2017)
  • Mackennason of Cennétig; a form of McKenna76 in the US (2017)
  • Makennahfair one; a form of McKenna28 in the US (2017)
  • Makanagift; present18 in the US (2017)
  • Makenah8 in the US (2017)
  • Mackena7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Makinna

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