Mckenna

An Irish surname with a handsome lineage, Mckenna comes from Mac Cionaodha, son of Cionaodh, a Gaelic name meaning born of fire. It belonged to a Monaghan clan before crossing the Atlantic and settling into American given-name use in the late 1990s, riding the broader wave of Mc and Mac names that carried Mackenzie and McKinley into nurseries. Mckenna peaked in the mid 2000s and has held a steady mid-300s rank since. Three syllables with a percussive opening, that hard K giving way to a soft N. Mckenna reads lively and contemporary, the kind of girl who organizes the field day and wins it.