Updated July 14, 2023

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Girl name origins & meanings

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

Girl name variations

Maureen

Maureen

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May

May

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Maura

Maura

+ 30% this year
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Mora

Mora

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Moira

Moira

- 26% this year
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Moreen

Moreen

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Moria

Moria

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Moriah

Moriah

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Maurin

Maurin

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Maurine

Maurine

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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.