Given name & surname
MacGuire
“the son of the beige one”
MacGuire is a variant of Maguire. One interpretation is “the son of the beige one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
MacGuire is a variant of Maguire. One interpretation is “the son of the beige one.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
MacGuire through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 71
- 71 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 256 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.
MacGuire’s family of names
MacGuire has a related form in Maguire.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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