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Updated July 14, 2023

Girl name origins & meanings

  • French : Dark; dark-haired
  • Irish : Bitter

Girl name variations

Maureen

Maureen

+ 56% this year
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May

May

+ 27% this year
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Maura

Maura

+ 30% this year
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Mora

Mora

- 17% this year
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Moira

Moira

- 26% this year
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Moreen

Moreen

0 % this year
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Moria

Moria

0 % this year
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Moriah

Moriah

- 3% this year
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Maurin

Maurin

0 % this year
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Maurine

Maurine

0 % this year
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Morena

Morena

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Maurizia

Maurizia

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Chinese : from the name of a place called Mo City (), said to have been founded by Zhuan Xu, legendary emperor who lived in the 26th century bc. The current Chinese character for Mo replaces another, rare or obsolete character. Another source of this name was a government post called Mo’ao, which existed during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc) in the state of Chu. Descendants of a holder of the post adopted the first character of the title as their surname.
  • Chinese : variant of Wu 5.
  • Chinese : variant of Mao 1.
  • Chinese : variant of Wu 3.
  • Norwegian : variant of Moe.

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