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McKay ??? vs. Mackay ???

I really like the name for a male first name but can’t decide on the spelling and have no clue about middle names. Our first son has my husband’s first name as a middle name, and our second son has a variation of my middle name as his middle name. Since we got pregnant with this one "against the odds" a Biblical middle name might be appropriate...please help!!!

The Top Baby Name is...

McKay ??? Dixon

20%

Mackay ??? Dixon

80%

Poll created: Sep 26, 2008
Total Votes: 5
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Did you just post this on Yahoo answers too? I don’t like it, sorry. But if I had to choose I would go with Mackay and call him Mack.
posted by guest :: 16 years ago | report
MacKay (then you can call him Mac). I do think this name is better for a middle name. It does sound a little feminine as a first name, and I’ve seen it on this sight as a girl’s name. But it’s up to you.

Maybe:
MacKay Jeremiah
MacKay Isaiah
MacKay Gabriel
MacKay Benjamin
MacKay Daniel
McKay Joshua
McKay Levi
McKay Paul
McKay Seth
McKay Jonathan

Like any? I still think McKay would make a better middle name, and all the options above sound better if you flip them around, just a thought!
posted by guest :: 16 years ago | report
I like Benjamin McKay
posted by guest :: 16 years ago | report
i dont think that its a great name maybe as a middle name but i would gowith mackay it l;ooks more boyish the other one looks girly
posted by guest :: 16 years ago | report
i don’t like it sorry, there’s a store where i live called MacKay’s and it just reminds me of that, it sounds really girly too, if you really want to use it then how about you use it as a middle name

Rory McKay
Alfie McKay
Henry McKay
Harry McKay
posted by guest :: 16 years ago | report
I would go with the Mackay spelling b/c I think it looks less like a ln then.

For middle names, there are lots of against the odd people:
Isaac
Joseph & Benjamin
Samuel
John (the Baptist)
posted by Pam :: 16 years ago | report
I don’t care for Mckay as a first name i think it would go better being a middle name.
posted by guest :: 16 years ago | report
The name is ok, and I think it is unisex enough for a boy to pull it off. For a boy I would spell it Mackay. I personally dislike unisex names though.
I think the "Mc" and "Mac" may have a meaning, I’ve always heard it means the name is Irish if it is Mc and Scottish if it is Mac. Maybe you could research that if you care, and if the family has ancestry on either side maybe use that spelling. GL!!
posted by Em :: 16 years ago | report
I’m a girl and my name is Mackay. It’s a pretty great name, I’d suggest it!
posted by Mackay Johnson :: 9 years ago | report
I have a McKay, the only one I know. It even had to grow on us but I love his name.
posted by Michele Phillips :: 6 years ago | report

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