Message: "Re: MacKenzie" - Behind the Name

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Re: MacKenzie

by Barb (guest)

5/26/2002, 2:15 PM

I believe the prefix "Mac" means "son of", so I'm not sure how this has come into recent use as a girl's name. (Maybe after an ancestor's surname or one of the many "Mackenzie" place names.) Seems more logical as a boys name to me!

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- Daividh (guest) +1

5/26/2002, 9:31 PM

Never underestimate the ignorance of the American child-bearing public...

- Anneza (guest)

5/27/2002, 8:30 AM

Indeed. It seems that a goodly number of 'em believe that Chloe and Zoe rhyme with Joe.

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