Given name & surname
Maguire
“the son of the beige one”
Maguire is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the son of the beige one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “the son of the beige one.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maguire through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 695
- 577 boys · 118 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 63 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,854 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,854 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 668 as a first name in 2020; 15,991 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.
Maguire’s family of names
Maguire has a related form in McGuire. Maguire has a related form in McGwire. Maguire has a related form in MacGuire.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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