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Mackenzie, MacKenzie, and McKenzie are of Scottish origin and are related to Clan Mackenzie. The surname Mackenzie is of Scottish origin and derived from Gaelic. The name is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Coinnich, which is a patronymic form of the personal name Coinneach meaning "comely" or "handsome".[1][2] Today personal name Coinneach is generally Anglicized as Kenneth however Kenneth was originally used as an Anglicization of different Gaelic personal names. Cionaodh.[2] It was originally written MacKenȝie and pronounced [məˈkɛŋjiː][3] in Scots, with the "z" representing the old Middle-Scots letter, "ȝ" yogh. This is an Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, which is a patronymic form of the personal name Coinneach, Anglicized as Kenneth. The personal name means "handsome".[4]

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There are Lowland Scots words and Scottish names that have been affected in a similar way (for example, the surname Menzies).[5]

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