Given name & surname
Guthrie
“from the windy spot”
Guthrie is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “from the windy spot.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “from the windy spot.”
Where it comes from
Guthrie comes from Irish, and ultimately from Scottish Gaelic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish gaothair, from Scottish Gaelic mag Uchtre, from Irish Ó Fhlaithimh.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1895. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Guthrie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 866
- 854 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,141 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −52%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,141 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 52.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 35 in 1983. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 681 as a first name in 2020; 30,592 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Guthrie’s family of names
Guthrie has a related form in Guth. Guthrie has a related form in Guthe. Guthrie has a related form in Guthrea.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Guthrie
- Guthrie GovanBritish musicianborn 1971
- Guthrie McClinticAmerican theatre and film director (1893-1961)1892–1961
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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