Names and Families of Clan Mackenzie

Not everyone in the Mackenzie Clan had the name Mackenzie or Mckenzie. There were many surnames of the family and of allied or dependent families. These other names are commonly called "septs of the clan", but according to Electric Scotland preferred modern usage is to avoid the use of the term "sept" and to simply describe these as surnames or family names.

Here is a list of known names belonging to the clan.

Charles	Charleson	Cluness
Clunies	Cromarty	Iverach
Iverson	Ivory	Kenneth
Kennethson	Kynoch	MacAweeney
MacBeolain	MacBeath	MacKenzie
MacConnach	MacCure	Maceur
MacIver	MacIvor	MacKenna
MacKenney	MacKerlich	MacKinna
MacKinney	MacKinnie	MacLeay
MacMurchie	MacMurchy	MacQueenie
MacThearlich	MacVanish	MacVennie
MacVinnish	MacVinnie	MacWeeny
MacWhinnie	Mackiver	Murchie
Murchison	Smart	Tuach

Mackenzie / Mckenzie

"MacCainnigh" in old Gaelic, or "MhicCoineach" in modern Gaelic, the name Mackenzie is literally, "Son of Kenneth", Kenneth being "fair one" or "bright one", and it is only translation into English that has led to differences in the spelling of the name today.