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About Christina Mckenna

McKenna is an Irish surname. It derives from the Gaelic name Cináed (Anglicized as Kenneth), meaning "born of fire". It is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Cionaodha meaning "son of Cionnaith", or of the Scottish surname, from Galloway, "MacCionaodha".

The historical lineage of the McKennas lies in the Barony of Truagh in the north of County Monaghan in the south of Ulster in Ireland, where they were "The Lords of Truagh". In Munster Irish, McKenna is considered to come from Mag Cineáit. The Cionnath, Cionaoith, Cionaddha forms are considered there to be sources of names like Kenny, Kenney, and Kennedy. A similar Irish surname Ó Cionaodha, also spelt as Ó Cionnaith.

The name is also sometimes used as a given name. Notable people with this name include:

Christina Mckenna writes about Women, Social life and customs, Parapsychology, Mothers and daughters, Manners and customs, and Literary collections. Their best-known work is The Misremembered Man.

On FindMyTBR we track 5 books by Christina Mckenna, 5 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including Der übersehene Mann, The Disenchanted Widow (Unabridged), and The Godforsaken Daughter (Unabridged). Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.