Makinsley
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.
Makinsley by the numbers
Makinsley was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Makinsley
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 Makinsley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Makinleyson of the fair-haired one; a variant spelling of McKinley84 in the US (2017)
- Mckinsley20 in the US (2017)
- Makinnley7 in the US (2017)
- Makinzley5 in the US (2017)
- Mckinleyson of the fair-haired one; place name791 in the US (2017)
- Mackinleyson of the fair-haired leader; variant of Mackenzie or McKinley22 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Makinsley
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