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MAURA (2)
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Irish, Scottish, English
PRONOUNCED: MAWR-ə   [key]
Meaning & History
Anglicized form of MÁIRE. It has also been associated with Gaelic mór meaning "great". This was the name of an obscure 5th-century Irish or Scottish martyr.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Máire, Moira, Moyra (Irish), Mora (English)
DIMINUTIVES: Mairenn, Máirín, Maureen (Irish)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Mariam, Maryam (Arabic), Maria, Miren, Maia (Basque), Mary, Miriam (Biblical), Maria, Mariam (Biblical Greek), Miriam (Biblical Hebrew), Maria (Biblical Latin), Mari (Breton), Mariya (Bulgarian), Maria (Catalan), Maria (Corsican), Marija, Mirjam, Mirjana, Maja, Mara, Mare, Marica, Maša, Mojca (Croatian), Marie, Madlenka, Marika (Czech), Maiken, Majken (Danish), Maria, Marja, Mirjam, Maaike, Manon, Marianne, Marieke, Marijke, Marijse, Marike, Marita, Marjan, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria (Dutch), Maarja, Mari, Mirjam, Maarika, Marika (Estonian), Maaria, Maria, Marja, Marjaana, Marjo, Mirjam, Mirjami, Jaana, Maarika, Maija, Mari, Marianne, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marjukka, Marjut, Miia, Mirja (Finnish), Marie, Myriam, Manon, Marianne, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise (French), Maria, Maike, Mareike (Frisian), María (Galician), Mariam (Georgian), Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam, Maike, Maja, Mareike, Marianne, Mariele, Marita, Meike, Mia, Mitzi, Ria (German), Maria, Marika (Greek), Malia, Mele (Hawaiian), Miriam (Hebrew), Mariamne (History), Mária, Mara, Mari, Marica, Marika, Mariska (Hungarian), Maria, Mæja (Icelandic), Maryam (Iranian), Maria, Marianna, Mariella, Marietta, Mimi (Italian), Marija (Latvian), Marija (Lithuanian), Marija (Macedonian), Moirrey, Voirrey (Manx), Mere (Maori), Malle, Molle (Medieval English), Maiken (Norwegian), Maria, Maja, Marika, Maryla, Marzena (Polish), Maria, Mariana, Mariazinha (Portuguese), Maria (Romanian), Mariya, Marya, Manya, Maryana, Masha (Russian), Mari, Maria, Marie, Maja, Marianne, Mia (Scandinavian), Marija, Mirjam, Mirjana, Maja (Serbian), Mária, Marika (Slovak), Marija, Mirjam, Mirjana, Maja, Marica, Maša, Mojca (Slovene), María, Marita (Spanish), Maritza (Spanish (Latin American)), Majken, My (Swedish), Meryem (Turkish), Mariya (Ukrainian), Mair, Mari, Mairwen (Welsh), Mirele (Yiddish)
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