Given name & surname
Magin
“one who is competent”
Magin is a variant of Magan. One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “one who is competent.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Magin is a variant of Magan. One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “one who is competent.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Magin is a variant of Magan. An origin associated with Magan is Anglo-Saxon.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Magin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 74
- 5 boys · 69 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 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 girls is 5 in 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 256 as a first name in 2020; 810 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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