Mackenzie Is Not in the Bible: A Highland Name Meaning “Child of the Fair One”

Is Mackenzie in the Bible? No. The name Mackenzie does not appear anywhere in the Bible. It is Scottish Gaelic, not Hebrew or Greek, and it belongs to a different world from the languages of Scripture. Mackenzie comes from the Gaelic MacCoinnich — “son of Coinneach.” The personal name Coinneach is usually translated as “fair” or “handsome,” from the Gaelic caoin, meaning “comely” or “gentle.” So Mackenzie means, roughly, “child of the fair one” or “child of the gentle one.”…