MacGowan - name meaning and origin

The boy's name MacGowan \m(a)-cgo-wan, mac-gowan\ is a variant of Macgowan (Irish, Gaelic), and the meaning of MacGowan is "son of the blacksmith; one who is adroit".

The baby name MacGowan sounds like McGowan and MacCowan. Other similar baby names are McGown, McGowen, Magowan and MacCowen.

MacGowan is a very rare male first name and is not used as a surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name MacGowan. Compare MacGowan with related baby names.