MacGowan - name meaning, 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 an uncommon first name for men and an equally uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy name MacGowan. Compare MacGowan with its source form and related boy names.

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