Mcgwire
Boy · muh-GWYR · Irish
Mcgwire is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “son of the pale one”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mcgwire mean?
Irish: variant of McGuire, from Irish Mag Uidhir
“son of the pale one”
A variant of McGuire, from Irish Mag Uidhir; best known as the surname of baseball player Mark McGwire.
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- muh-GWYR
Is Mcgwire a girl's or a boy's name?
Mcgwire is a boys' name.
How popular is Mcgwire in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Mcgwire in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mcgwire in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,459 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
Names like Mcgwire
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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