Given name & surname
McGwire
“the son of the beige one”
McGwire is a variant of Maguire. One interpretation is “the son of the beige one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
McGwire 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
McGwire through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 97
- 97 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 36 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 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 36 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 111 as a first name in 2020; 103 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
McGwire’s family of names
McGwire has a related form in Maguire.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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