The origin of the name Mckenna is Irish and the Coat of Arms contains Green with a silver stripe between three lions faces. The Crest is A salmon.
Spelling variations include: MacKenna, MacKennagh, MacKenney, MacKenny, MacKinna, MacKinnie and many more.
First found in county Monaghan at Truagh where they were known as the Lords of Truagh.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Andrew, Arthur, Charles, Edward, James, John, Michael, Owen, Patrick, Peter and Thomas McKenna all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860; Alice, Daniel, James, John, Thomas and William McKenney settled in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860.
