Given name & surname
McGuire
“the son of the beige one”
McGuire is a variant of Maguire. One interpretation is “the son of the beige one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
McGuire 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
McGuire through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 186
- 186 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,530 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,530 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 252 as a first name in 2020; 61,752 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.
McGuire’s family of names
McGuire has a related form in Maguire. In English usage, McGuire as a surname has a related form in MCQUIRE.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
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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