Macgyver
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Macgyver by the numbers
Macgyver was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 1992, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Macgyver
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
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