Mckenley

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mckenley by the numbers

Mckenley was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 35 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Mckenley

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 Mckenley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • 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)
  • Mckenzyfair-haired fire; variant of McKenzie16 in the US (2017)
  • Mckinneyson of finny; variant of mckinney5 in the US (2017)
  • Mckinsey19 in the US (2017)
  • Mckenzieson of Kenneth; a form of Mackenzie1,665 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Mckenley

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

  • Mckenleefair one with a meadow; a form of Mackenzie11 in the US (2017)
  • Mckenleighfair one with a meadow; a form of Mackenzie11 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Mckenley

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