McKenny Family

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About the McKenny surname

The surname McKenny is associated with a patronymic formation. The Mac-/Mc- formation is traditionally patronymic and means “son of” in Gaelic languages. A patronymic formation of this kind shows how an older personal name could develop into a family name. The prefix in McKenny belongs to a family of Gaelic forms traditionally used in patronymic surnames and is generally associated with descent.

Pronunciation: Èm-sé-kè-ni/ɛmsekɛni/

Most frequent given names among the McKenny family

Men

  1. 1James55
  2. 2John31
  3. 3Patrick29
  4. 4Charles20
  5. 5William20

Women

  1. 1Mary35
  2. 2Catherine31
  3. 3Élizabeth15
  4. 4Ann14
  5. 5Patricia12
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The McKenny name in our genealogy archives

854occurrences in our collections
8collections containing this name
34 541881 → 1901people enumerated
1781First mention of the name
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