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McKenna

/məˈkɛnə/

McKenna proper noun: a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Proper noun (1)

McKenna (countable and uncountable, plural McKennas)

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A female given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
  3. An unincorporated community in Pierce County, Washington, United States.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Mckenna

Mckenna

  1. A female given name transferred from the surname.

Forms of McKenna

pluralMcKennas
alternative formM'Kenna
alternative formMacKenna
alternative formMc Kenna
alternative formMac Kenna
alternative formMaKenna
alternative formMa Kenna
alternative formMakenna
alternative formMckenna
alternative formMackenna

Origin of McKenna

From the Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, variant of McKinney.

Rare spelling of McKenna.

Questions about McKenna

What does McKenna mean?
McKenna means a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
What part of speech is McKenna?
McKenna is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce McKenna?
McKenna is pronounced /məˈkɛnə/.

Words near McKenna in the dictionary

  1. McKelvy
  2. McKendree
  3. McKendrees
  4. McKendry
  5. McKendrys
  6. McKenna
  7. McKenney
  8. McKenneys
  9. McKennis
  10. McKennises
  11. McKennitt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: McKenna (page history and authors); Mckenna (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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