Macbeth: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Macbeth – Meaning: son of life – Origin: Scottish Gaelic – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: mak-BETH


Macbeth is a Scottish Gaelic boy's name meaning “son of life”. It appears in our list of 150+ Scottish Baby Boy Names With Rugged Celtic Character.

Meaning & Origin of Macbeth

Meaning: Son of life.

Origin: Scottish Gaelic.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Macbeth

Phonetic: mak-BETH   IPA: /məkˈbɛθ/

Popularity of Macbeth

Macbeth doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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