Gender Feminine
Usage Irish, English
Pronounced Pron. /mɔ.ˈɹin/(English) /ˈmɔɹ.in/(English)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Anglicized form of Móirín. It is sometimes used as a variant of Maureen.

Related Names

VariantsMóirín(Irish) Maureen, Maurine, Maurene(English)
DiminutivesMaurie, Mo, Reenie(English)
Other Languages & CulturesMarie(Albanian) Mariam, Maryam(Arabic) Meriem(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Mari, Maria, Mariam, Meri(Armenian) Məryəm(Azerbaijani) Maryam(Bashkir) Maria, Miren, Maddi(Basque) Mariya, Maryia(Belarusian) Mary, Miriam(Biblical) Maria, Mariam(Biblical Greek) Miryam(Biblical Hebrew) Maria(Biblical Latin) Merjem(Bosnian) Mari(Breton) Maria, Mariya(Bulgarian) Maria(Catalan) Maria(Corsican) Marija, Mara(Croatian) Marie, Miriam(Czech) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam(Danish) Mariyam(Dhivehi) Maria, Marie, Marjo, Mirjam, Marja(Dutch) Maarja, Mari, Maria, Mirjam, Marje, Marju(Estonian) Maria(Faroese) Mere(Fijian) Maaria, Maria, Marja, Marjaana, Marjo, Mirjam, Mirjami, Marje(Finnish) Marie, Myriam(French) Maria(Frisian) María(Galician) Mari, Mariam, Meri(Georgian) Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam(German) Maria, Meri(Greek) Maryamu(Hausa) Malia(Hawaiian) Miriam, Miryam(Hebrew) Mária, Mara(Hungarian) María(Icelandic) Maryam(Indonesian) Maria, Miriam(Italian) Mariyam(Kazakh) Maija, Marija, Māra(Latvian) Marija(Lithuanian) Marija(Macedonian) Mariam(Malay) Marija(Maltese) Moirrey, Voirrey(Manx) Mere(Maori) Mór(Medieval Irish) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam(Norwegian) Maria(Occitan) Maryam(Persian) Maria, Miriam(Polish) Maria, Miriam(Portuguese) Maria(Romanian) Maria, Mariya, Marya(Russian) Márjá(Sami) Mele(Samoan) Maria(Sardinian) Mhairi, Moira, Moyra(Scottish) Màiri, Moire, Mòr, Mòrag(Scottish Gaelic) Marija(Serbian) Mária, Miriam(Slovak) Marija, Mirjam(Slovene) Marja(Sorbian) María, Míriam(Spanish) Maritza(Spanish (Latin American)) Mariamu(Swahili) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam(Swedish) Maryam(Tatar) Mele(Tongan) Meryem(Turkish) Maria, Mariya(Ukrainian) Mariyam, Maryam(Urdu) Meryem(Uyghur) Mareye(Walloon) Mair, Mari(Welsh) Mariama(Western African)

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal  

Categories

Entry updated April 23, 2024