Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mckenney

/məkˈɛni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables: mcken-ney
IPA: /məkˈɛni/

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A town in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Variant of McKinney.

Usage

Inflected Forms

McKenneys (plural)

Homonyms

mckenny

Rhymes With

any many penny jenny benny denny lenny jennie antennae rennie kenney penney

Questions

How do you pronounce mckenney?: The recorded pronunciation is /məkˈɛni/.
What does mckenney mean?: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Where does mckenney come from?: Variant of McKinney.

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