Great Expectations

What is significant about Abel Magwitch's name in Great Expectaions?

In Chapter 40.

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I think that Magwitch is a known criminal so Pip switches it to “Uncle Provis,” an alias Magwitch used in his past. I'm really not sure his name is explained in any more detail in Ch.40.