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First name origins & meanings:

  1. French: Dark; dark-haired
  2. Irish: Bitter

First name variations: May, Maura, Mora, Moira, Moreen, Moria, Moriah, Maurine, Morena, Maurizia, Mo, Maureen

Last name origin & meaning:

Italian and French: from a medieval personal name derived from the Latin personal name Maurinus, a derivative of Maurus (see Mauro), which was the name of a 6th-century martyr.

This name appears in the following lists: Dancers