Given name & surname
Magee
“the son of Hugh”
Magee is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the son of Hugh.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “the son of Hugh.”
Where it comes from
Magee is a form of McGee. McGee comes from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Magee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 5 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 girls is 5 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 111 as a first name in 2020; 26,445 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.
Magee’s family of names
Magee has a related form in MacGee. Magee has a related form in MacGhee. Magee has a related form in Maghee.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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