Maguire (surname)

Maguire (surname)

Maguire is an Irish surname from the Gaelic Mac Uidhir, which is "son of Odhar" or "son of the brown-haired one", the eleventh in descent from Colla da Chrich, great-grandson of Cormac mac Airt, monarch of Ireland about the middle of the third century.

As a given name, Maguire is uncommon.

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