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MacGUIGAN, MacGuckin
There are approximately 1,750 of the name in Ireland, the majority of them in counties Tyrone and Antrim. 15 modern synonyms of MacGuigan are recorded Gavigan, Geoghegan, Guigan, Maguigan, MacGoogan, MacGookin, MacGuckian, MacGuiggan, MacQuiggan, MacWiggan, MacWiggin, Meguiggan, Wigan and also Fidgeon and Pidgeon.
The pronunciation of the name in its homeland, Co. Tyrone is MacGwiggen, which suggests Mag Uigin as the Irish form. Surnames formed from Norse words or forenames are common in the Cenél Eoghain. In 1602 a Fiant relating to Co. Tyrone spells the name MacGuigine and in the same year one of O'Donnell's following was Conor MacGugyne. At the end of that century Hugh Magwygin of Co. Down is among the attainted Jacobites. William MacGuckin (Baron de Slane) (fl. 1837-1868), the Orientalist, was born in Co. Antrim and Barton MacGuckin (b. 1853), tenor, was born in Dublin. An important modern representative of the name is Cardinal MacGuigan, Archbishop of Toronto.