I do not know, except that McWhinnie sounds Irish...and how right I was: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/McWhinnie Now how it turned around to be McKenzie is a puzzle. McKenzie is sometimes pronounced McKenjie or McKengie (as in sengie, as in the ing in sing/sang/song/bring, with the ing being soft, if I'm explaining myself). McKengie could then have been softened to McWhinnie. All a huge guess, of course. M.E. -----Original Message----- From: ruth.enns via Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 3:18 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Where in Scotland does your surname come from Where does it come from if it is McWHINNIE in Ayrshire but changed later to McKENZIE in Lanark & WHY the change?? Ruth Subject: [Lanark] Where in Scotland does your surname come from http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/people-places/map-where-in-scotland-does-your-surname-come-from-1-4078418 Maisie ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have an line from Fife which started out as Kingo, changed to Kenzie and then McKenzie. The name changed with the language used and the "ear" of the recorder. Jo-Ann On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 7:31 PM, Maisie Egger via <lanark@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I do not know, except that McWhinnie sounds Irish...and how right I was: > http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/McWhinnie > > Now how it turned around to be McKenzie is a puzzle. McKenzie is sometimes > pronounced McKenjie or McKengie (as in sengie, as in the ing in > sing/sang/song/bring, with the ing being soft, if I'm explaining myself). > McKengie could then have been softened to McWhinnie. All a huge guess, of > course. > > M.E. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ruth.enns via > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 3:18 PM > To: lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Where in Scotland does your surname come from > > Where does it come from if it is McWHINNIE in Ayrshire but changed later > to > McKENZIE in Lanark & WHY the change?? > > Ruth > > >

I just wrote to Ruth Enns as her McWhinnie (it’s supposedly an Irish name) somehow became McKenzie. It’s possible that McKenzie was pronounced differently depending on where one came from: McKingie (as in McKinsie --- instead of Mc KEnsie), McKingie (as in McKingy---stingy) then McKinghie as in McKinghay). I’m sure there were other pronunciations but those are the ones I heard most commonly in Glasgow where I grew up. Maisie From: Jo Ann Croft Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 4:35 PM To: Maisie Egger ; lanark@rootsweb.com Cc: ruth.enns Subject: Re: [Lanark] Where in Scotland does your surname come from I have an line from Fife which started out as Kingo, changed to Kenzie and then McKenzie. The name changed with the language used and the "ear" of the recorder. Jo-Ann On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 7:31 PM, Maisie Egger via <lanark@rootsweb.com> wrote: I do not know, except that McWhinnie sounds Irish...and how right I was: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/McWhinnie Now how it turned around to be McKenzie is a puzzle. McKenzie is sometimes pronounced McKenjie or McKengie (as in sengie, as in the ing in sing/sang/song/bring, with the ing being soft, if I'm explaining myself). McKengie could then have been softened to McWhinnie. All a huge guess, of course. M.E. -----Original Message----- From: ruth.enns via Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 3:18 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Where in Scotland does your surname come from Where does it come from if it is McWHINNIE in Ayrshire but changed later to McKENZIE in Lanark & WHY the change?? Ruth

MAISIE Those my be your theories but not ones I have been able to prove over many years of research with BD &M & Census certificates. Ruth -----Original Message----- From: Maisie Egger via Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 4:53 PM To: Jo Ann Croft ; LANARK@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Where in Scotland does your surname come from I just wrote to Ruth Enns as her McWhinnie (it’s supposedly an Irish name) somehow became McKenzie. It’s possible that McKenzie was pronounced differently depending on where one came from: McKingie (as in McKinsie --- instead of Mc KEnsie), McKingie (as in McKingy---stingy) then McKinghie as in McKinghay). I’m sure there were other pronunciations but those are the ones I heard most commonly in Glasgow where I grew up. Maisie From: Jo Ann Croft Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 4:35 PM To: Maisie Egger ; lanark@rootsweb.com Cc: ruth.enns Subject: Re: [Lanark] Where in Scotland does your surname come from I have an line from Fife which started out as Kingo, changed to Kenzie and then McKenzie. The name changed with the language used and the "ear" of the recorder. Jo-Ann On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 7:31 PM, Maisie Egger via <lanark@rootsweb.com> wrote: I do not know, except that McWhinnie sounds Irish...and how right I was: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/McWhinnie Now how it turned around to be McKenzie is a puzzle. McKenzie is sometimes pronounced McKenjie or McKengie (as in sengie, as in the ing in sing/sang/song/bring, with the ing being soft, if I'm explaining myself). McKengie could then have been softened to McWhinnie. All a huge guess, of course. M.E. -----Original Message----- From: ruth.enns via Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 3:18 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Where in Scotland does your surname come from Where does it come from if it is McWHINNIE in Ayrshire but changed later to McKENZIE in Lanark & WHY the change?? Ruth ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message