Maura

Where Maura comes from

Either from Irish Máire and Scottish Gaelic Màiri, or from Italian Maura. When borrowed from Irish, a doublet of Moira.
— Wiktionary's entry for Maura
  • Irish
  • Scottish Gaelic
  • Italian
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1903
    First appearance
    #1,792 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1964
    Peak, #468
    430 babies named Maura — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1965
    Maura Tierney born
    American actress
  4. 1971
    Maura Healey born
    73rd governor of Massachusetts
  5. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #709.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic, of English, Scottish and Irish usage, variant of Mary.
  • A female given name from Italian, masculine equivalent Mauro.
Namesakes
  • Maura Tierney · American actress, born 1965
  • Maura Healey · 73rd governor of Massachusetts, born 1971
  • Maura Tombelli · Italian astronomer, born 1952
  • Maura West · American actress, born 1972
  • Maura Viceconte · Italian marathon runner, 1967–2019

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.