Magee as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Magee

What is the meaning of the name Magee ?

The baby name Magee is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced mə-GEE (IPA: /məˈgiː/); sometimes MAY-gee (ˈmeɪɡi).

Magee is Irish, Scottish Gaelic in Origin.

Magee is an Irish surname-turned-given name, from Gaelic Mac Aodha (“son of Aodh”). Aodh is an ancient theonym/personal name meaning “fire” or “fiery one,” later equated with Hugh in English. The surname developed especially in Ulster; the peninsula Islandmagee in County Antrim preserves the clan’s name, and Scottish spellings such as MacGhie reflect the shared Gaelic roots across the North Channel.

As a first name, Magee follows the Anglophone habit of adopting family surnames as given names, appearing intermittently from the 19th century onward in Ireland, Britain, and North America. It remains rare and stylistically unisex, prized for its brisk, modern sound and Gaelic heritage. Common variants and cognates include McGee, McGhee, MacGee, McGhie/MacGhie, and the Americanized McGehee; related traditional forenames are Aodh and Hugh. The name thus conveys a lineage sense of “descendant of fire.”