Tell me why you aren't crazy about Mackenzie....

mommy729 · March 2016

So I know that Mackenzie is a name that most of you on the bump dislike. Can you tell me why ? (And if you like Mackenzie please feel free to share your thoughts too!) Thanks!

LoveIsOwlYouNeed · March 2016

mommy729 said:

So I know that Mackenzie is a name that most of you on the bump dislike. Can you tell me why ? (And if you like Mackenzie please feel free to share your thoughts too!) Thanks!

Do you mean for a girl? Most people here don't like it for a girl because "Mac" means "son of" which means it is literally a boy's name. This board tends to frown on using boy names for a girl.

Another factor may be trendiness.

Bringmemylongswordho · March 2016

Firstly it's a surname, and when used as a given is masculine like all Mac- Mc-. (Son of Coinneach) and it's super trendy, along with all the other mac,Mc names.

Finally. Every single Mackenzie I've met/seen has, well, fairly dumb vapid parents. Like the "I've made bad life decisions, and continue to make bad life decisions because critical thinking is hard" kind. So, yeah there's my reason for not liking it.

kiwieloping · March 2016

My friends DD is a Mackenzie and they go by the NN Kenzie. It suits her. They are both highly educated and have great jobs.

If you like the name go for it

talkthewholetime · March 2016

To me, it's like the OG "not really a first name" - name. It's the 90's version of Paislee.

LizaKate1213 · March 2016

I just don't find it to be very cute, pretty or elegant. It sounds kind of masculine to me and doesn't age well.

SarahFoley725 · March 2016

It is my absolute least favorite name. It's cute when the kid is 3 but at some point they're an adult and may as well be named lollipop or sugr cube IMO.

penelope4612 · March 2016

I've known a boy named Mackenzie and a girl named Mackenzie. The boy went by NN "Mac" and it suited him. The girl went by NN "Kenzie" and she was a heavily makeup-ed, vapid, skanky, Barbie wannabee. So I have a good association with a boy and a poor one with a girl.

breezycat · March 2016

At this point it feels very dated to me but I mostly dislike it because it's not very attractive or feminine sounding. Plus it reminds me of the Budweiser dog, Spuds Mackenzie.

mb0112 · March 2016

To me it's a last name. As a girl first name, it sounds trendy/trashy to me, popular with the "dance moms" crowd. I've actually known some perfectly nice girls with the name (seems popular amongst those that are now teens and early twenties) but I still have a subconscious association with that trendy/trashy vibe.

missemmawoodhouse · March 2016

Trend city.

capps42613 · March 2016

I'm bias because my DD's MN is "Makenzie". I personally think it's a pretty name and it went well with her first name (Kiera). If it's a name you truly like, go for it. No trend or strangers personal opinions should take that away from you. GL!

bbiutmcph · March 2016

Masculine, totally dated on a girl and nothing attractive about it. I find Kenzie about the most forever three year old name out there. I just don't think Mackenzie screams classy it's about as opposite of it

mommy729 · March 2016

Thank you for your opinions!

RoseShadow873 · March 2016

It just sounds annoying to me. It's as simple as that. The sound of it angers me.

CaboBride2015 · March 2016

Trendy, dated, masculine....

klirwin82 · March 2016

To me, Mackenzie is like "We had nothing better and finally had to put something on the birth certificate and its kinda neutral and popular enough that it's not going to confuse anyone." Maybe it's because it's become so unisex it makes me feel that way. I've heard worse, it's just so...boring.

tmk0325 · March 2016

I don't feel that way at all about the name. I know about 3 or 4 little McKenzie's and they are all adorable. I would not use the spelling MacKenzie (to avoid Mac), it just doesn't look as nice as MaKenzie or McKenzie.

Latina211508 · March 2016

I also don't find it cute. Just not my style.

penelope4612 · March 2016

tmk0325 said:

I don't feel that way at all about the name. I know about 3 or 4 little McKenzie's and they are all adorable. I would not use the spelling MacKenzie (to avoid Mac), it just doesn't look as nice as MaKenzie or McKenzie.

There is a second letter capitalized in names starting with Mc or Mac because it means "son of" the subsequent name. Ie, MacKenzie means "son of Kenzie", where Kenzie is a proper noun. While you could use Makenzie without a capital K, MaKenzie is not grammatically correct, and the capitalized K is totally random and unnecessary.

KyleeWaller · March 2016

I wouldn't choose it, because I associate it with "Mickey." I know it's a little bit of a jump, but the association has just stuck with me!

groovylocks · March 2016

It is a surname that means "Son of Kensie". A name means "son" and yet gets plastered on a little girl. And this positively screams "I want to be trendy but I'm actually just a vacant follower who doesn't actually know the meaning of anything I do."

In other words, it screams dumb soccer mum.

groovylocks · March 2016

CaboBride2015 said:

Trendy, dated, masculine....

Ah yes, dated, thank you. It's the 2001 version of Tiffany.

ecwk · March 2016

Ugly, displeasing to the ear, trendy, time stamped, not classy, yuck.

groovylocks · March 2016

ecwk said:

Ugly, displeasing to the ear, trendy, time stamped, not classy, yuck.

Ah interesting. My ear likes it actually. My brain disagrees with my ear is all.

magsugar13 · March 2016

The same reasons as listed above. It is all of those and trashy/uneducated to me.

Autumnale · March 2016

My best friend and I swore we would have daughters and name them Mackenzie. We were in 7th grade. That's what it makes me think of. Silly girls in 7th grade dreaming of naming future daughters.

llbne · March 2016

Dated, ugly to the ear and eye, tacky.

FluffleSprout · March 2016

It wasn't really used as a name until MacKenzie Phillips got famous. So it's a 'Miley' name that came from nowhere with one celebrity. Poor MacKenzie Phillips was on so many drugs and having an incestuous relationship with her dad. So in all addition to seeming fluffy/lacking substance, being masculine, being a surname, etc. it has such a tragic past.

groovylocks · March 2016

And, i was thinking more about this, don't you find that there are just certain names that people choose because they're THERE? You know these people choosing this name would never have been the one to COME UP WITH mackenzie or dig it out of a trunk of forgotten baby names. The person who ressurected Violet was brilliant but then people just sort of hitched their wagon to the star.

Know what i mean?

ElcaB · March 2016

UO: I like Mackenzie.

SherlockedMom · March 2016

I'm going to be 110% honest here: When I hear the name Mackenzie, I think white trash.

It's my automatic, knee-jerk reaction. I feel the same way about Crystal, Brandy, Jasmine, and Heather. It's just in there with those names.

neverblushed · March 2016

I'm late to the party here, but I'll throw in my $.02:

--It's a last name, and I dislike the trend of using last names as first names. I think people who do this want their kid to have a "cool" name, but it's just unoriginal and therefore uncool.
--I have known more female Mackenzies than male, but it IS a male name and it sounds masculine.
--I think when you meet an adult Mackenzie, her parents were probably inspired to choose this name because of 1970's TV actress Mackenzie Phillips who starred in the sitcom "One Day At A Time." She later died of a drug overdose. I think it's lame to name your kid after a TV star with an unusual name.
--I think parents of Mackenzies who are elementary school or younger are probably just being trendy. While Mackenzie Phillips seemed very tomboyish and tough, today I feel like people think the name Mackenzie is cutesy and girlish and it has the letter Z in it, which people seem to like. I just think it seems like the parents are trying to hard to be "different" without actually being different. That's what defines trendy names for me: it's the "different" that everyone wants to be. Yuck.

YogaSandy · March 2016

neverblushed said:

I'm late to the party here, but I'll throw in my $.02:

--It's a last name, and I dislike the trend of using last names as first names. I think people who do this want their kid to have a "cool" name, but it's just unoriginal and therefore uncool.
--I have known more female Mackenzies than male, but it IS a male name and it sounds masculine.
--I think when you meet an adult Mackenzie, her parents were probably inspired to choose this name because of 1970's TV actress Mackenzie Phillips who starred in the sitcom "One Day At A Time." She later died of a drug overdose. I think it's lame to name your kid after a TV star with an unusual name.
--I think parents of Mackenzies who are elementary school or younger are probably just being trendy. While Mackenzie Phillips seemed very tomboyish and tough, today I feel like people think the name Mackenzie is cutesy and girlish and it has the letter Z in it, which people seem to like. I just think it seems like the parents are trying to hard to be "different" without actually being different. That's what defines trendy names for me: it's the "different" that everyone wants to be. Yuck.

(Only because I just looked it up because I didn't know who she was). Mackenzie Phillips' real name was Laura Mackenzie Phillips.

kiwieloping · March 2016

groovylocks said:
And, i was thinking more about this, don't you find that there are just certain names that people choose because they're THERE? You know these people choosing this name would never have been the one to COME UP WITH mackenzie or dig it out of a trunk of forgotten baby names. The person who ressurected Violet was brilliant but then people just sort of hitched their wagon to the star.

Know what i mean?

There are scientific studies that prove this is correct! Read a piece by a socio-economist about it.

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