Mackenzie

Meaning

Proper Noun

• of Scottish origin.
• A female given name from surnames, also in the form Makenzie.
• A male given name.
• river Northwest Territories (territory), the longest in Canada, running from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea.

Origin

• Scottish Gaelic Mac + Kenzie or “the bright one/the one born of fire”. Possible alternate: Gaelic MacCoinneach. Originally a surname, the family motto being “I shine, not burn.”