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I was gonna use this as a middle name for my daughter but I like the traditional Maire spelling better

I want to like it, but it falls short for me. I think it's the MOI sound. Reminds me of "moist," maybe.

Yes, I don't mind it either and also have rarely heard it. I wouldn't use it, but I don't mind it.

I knew a few at school and university. Haven't encountered a young one, though.

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I like it much better than Maureen and a bit better than Mary. I might well use it if it could only be free of one particular association. What appeals to me is that it isn't, or so far hasn't been, Celtic-fringe sentimental-trendy. It is just, quietly and elegantly, itself.

I quite like it. I think I first heard it in English, something to do with tragic heroes in Shakespeare from what I can remember, and a friend of mine and I thought it would make a pretty awesome name. I didn't actually realise it was a real name. But it has a cool sound, and a kind of dark and mysterious vibe too. I like it.