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Chefch · 2026-05-27T15:31:22+00:00

Thoughts on Mackenzie for either gender? DH's name is Kenneth, so it has some meaning for us. We would do Mack as a NN for a boy and just the full name for a girl (unless a NN naturally developed).

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MyCottageGarden · 27/05/2026 17:16

Monty36 · 27/05/2026 17:12

I don’t like it no. Surnames as first names in general. Or place names come to that. There are some beautiful names. Mackenzie is a surname.

Sorry but it wasn’t originally! Historically it was a Scottish first name then centuries later, it became a surname.

followtheswallow · 27/05/2026 17:15

the PIP / teen mum / chav comments are nasty, ‘dreadful’ isn’t.

coulditbeme2323 · 27/05/2026 17:15

MyCottageGarden · 27/05/2026 17:13

Did it never occur to you that some people might be on here with a child with that name? Or that name themselves? There’s no need for such nastiness

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It was a post that literally asked what people thought of the name!

It didn't ask for positive responses only.

MyCottageGarden · 27/05/2026 17:15

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followtheswallow · 27/05/2026 17:14

MyCottageGarden · 27/05/2026 17:13

Did it never occur to you that some people might be on here with a child with that name? Or that name themselves? There’s no need for such nastiness

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It’s direct but it isn’t nasty.

DemonsandMosquitoes · 27/05/2026 17:13

Oh no.

MyCottageGarden · 27/05/2026 17:13

muddyford · 27/05/2026 17:10

Dreadful. Sorry.

Did it never occur to you that some people might be on here with a child with that name? Or that name themselves? There’s no need for such nastiness

Monty36 · 27/05/2026 17:12

I don’t like it no. Surnames as first names in general. Or place names come to that. There are some beautiful names. Mackenzie is a surname.

MyCottageGarden · 27/05/2026 17:11

BrownRedPink · 27/05/2026 17:11

I'll be honest. It makes me think of a girl who would become a teen mum. I can't picture it on a boy but do really like Mack.

Well that says more about the type of person you are, than it does about the name.

MyCottageGarden · 27/05/2026 17:11

my daughter is called Mackenzie and it really suits her! We call her Kenz or Kenzie sometimes. I can’t imagine her being named anything else!

BrownRedPink · 27/05/2026 17:11

I'll be honest. It makes me think of a girl who would become a teen mum. I can't picture it on a boy but do really like Mack.

TinyMouseTheatre · 27/05/2026 17:10

BurntOrangeAutumn · 27/05/2026 17:02

I actually think it's nice, however I know 3 Mackenzie's (all teen girls all live in local council estates - no judgement we live in a council house too). So it's kind of like Jayden, Paris etc where I live, might be totally different where you live. They all actually go by Kenzie though not the full name. Not trying to put you off I do think it's a nice name.

Very similar where we live too. It was popular in the 2000s.

muddyford · 27/05/2026 17:10

Dreadful. Sorry.

user293948849167 · 27/05/2026 17:08

Hate it, sorry

BurntOrangeAutumn · 27/05/2026 17:02

I actually think it's nice, however I know 3 Mackenzie's (all teen girls all live in local council estates - no judgement we live in a council house too). So it's kind of like Jayden, Paris etc where I live, might be totally different where you live. They all actually go by Kenzie though not the full name. Not trying to put you off I do think it's a nice name.

coulditbeme2323 · 27/05/2026 17:00

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Skybluepinky · 27/05/2026 17:00

It was popular in the 90’s and most of those have now got kids called Arlo.

ForPinkDuck · 27/05/2026 16:58

They would be judged with that name.

MrsTerryPratchett · 27/05/2026 16:58

Mac means son of so I really don't like it as a girl's name. But it is one so don't call a boy that.

Loures · 27/05/2026 16:56

The full name is nice. Kenzie and Kenz sound bratty, though. I would stick to avoiding those shortenings. I don't think it's even popular enough here to be considered chavvy.

youalright · 27/05/2026 16:56

keepswimming38 · 27/05/2026 16:55

Named after the girl who killed those two guys by driving into a wall? Documentary on Netflix. No thanks!

Come on she will will be completely forgotten about in a few weeks its only because the documentary has just been on

LizardyGuts · 27/05/2026 16:55

I think a lot might depend on the area you live in OP.
Around here there are lots of actual MacKenzies, as in the surname. Nobody would ever use it as a first name as that would be really weird. Like someone in a different area calling their kid Kitchener, Woodward, or Jones.
But maybe if you live in a place where the surname MacKenzie isn't common, then it seems cute/exotic/interesting or whatever.

youalright · 27/05/2026 16:55

I like it for a girl not so keen for a boy

keepswimming38 · 27/05/2026 16:55

Named after the girl who killed those two guys by driving into a wall? Documentary on Netflix. No thanks!

Cassiemoomoo · 27/05/2026 16:54

OP where do you live? We have a Mac surname and are always having to spell Mac and not Mc as this is what people default to. You will spend your life telling people it is all one word, spelt Mac with a smallsmall k.