Maura (given name)
Encyclopedia
Maura is a female given name used in English, Spanish, Italian, Scots Gaelic, and Irish Gaelic. It is an Anglicisation
of Máire
, the Irish
form of Mary
. In the U.S., this name peaked in popularity in 1964 as the 469th most popular name for girls born that year, and remained in the top 1000 names until 2007.
Anglicisation
Anglicisation, or anglicization , is the process of converting verbal or written elements of any other language into a form that is more comprehensible to an English speaker, or, more generally, of altering something such that it becomes English in form or character.The term most often refers to...
of Máire
Máire
Máire is the Irish language form of the English language name Mary. It was and still is a popular name in Ireland, and is sometimes spelt in its Anglicised form Maura...
, the Irish
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
form of Mary
Mary (given name)
Mary is a feminine given name, the English form of the name Maria, which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek names Μαριαμ, or Mariam, and Μαρια, or Maria, found in the New Testament. Both New Testament names were forms of the Hebrew name מִרְיָם or Miryam.The usual meaning given by various...
. In the U.S., this name peaked in popularity in 1964 as the 469th most popular name for girls born that year, and remained in the top 1000 names until 2007.
People with first name Maura
- Saint Maura, one of the two martyrs Maura and Britta
- Maura Alia Badji, (born 1962), American poet, writer/blogger
- Maura ClarkeMaura ClarkeSister Maura Clarke, M.M., was an American Roman Catholic Maryknoll Sister, who served as a missionary in Nicaragua and El Salvador. She worked with the poor and refugees in Central America from 1959 until her death in 1980...
, American nun and missionary - Maura D. CorriganMaura D. CorriganMaura D. Corrigan is the Incumbent Director of the Michigan Department of Human Services. She was also a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, serving from 1998-2011.-Background:...
, justice of the Michigan Supreme Court - Maura DavisMaura DavisMaura Davis was the lead singer of the American indie rock band Denali from Richmond, Virginia, United States, active from 2000 to 2004...
, American musician - Maura Glee, fictional character in the webcomic Diesel SweetiesDiesel SweetiesDiesel Sweeties is a webcomic and former newspaper comic strip written by Richard Stevens III . The comic began in 2000, originally hosted at robotstories.com...
- Maura HanrahanMaura HanrahanMaura Hanrahan is a Canadian author.She is the author of Tsunami, which tells the story of a 1929 tidal wave in Newfoundland. The book received the Heritage and History Award and was short-listed for the 2005 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Non-fiction...
, Canadian author - Maura HartyMaura HartyMaura Ann Harty was United States Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, from November 21, 2002 to February 29, 2008. She was a career member of the senior Foreign Service. She currently serves as the President and CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Make a Wish Foundation.Harty is...
, United States Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Consular Affairs - Maura Kennedy, musician in American folk-rock duo The KennedysThe Kennedys (band)The Kennedys are an American folk-rock band, consisting of husband and wife Pete and Maura Kennedy. Their first album, River of Fallen Stars, was released under the name "Pete and Maura Kennedy"; they released all subsequent albums as "The Kennedys"...
- Maura MurphyMaura MurphyMaura Murphy, née McNamee was an Irish writer. Her autobiography Don't Wake Me at Doyles became a surprise hit upon its publication in 2004....
, Irish author - Maura MurrayMaura MurrayMaura Murray disappeared on 9 February 2004 after a one-car accident on New Hampshire Route 112 in Haverhill, New Hampshire. Murray, a nursing student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, left campus on the afternoon of her disappearance after telling her professors and her work supervisor...
, college student who went missing Feb. 9, 2004 - Maura O'ConnellMaura O'ConnellMaura O'Connell is an Irish singer and actress. She is known for her contemporary interpretations of Irish folk songs, strongly influenced by American country music.-Background:...
, Irish singer - Maura TierneyMaura TierneyMaura Therese Tierney is an American film and television actress, who is best known for her roles as Lisa Miller on NewsRadio and Abby Lockhart on the television medical drama ER.-Early life:...
(born 1965), American film and television actress - Maura TombelliMaura TombelliMaura Tombelli is an Italian astronomer who began her training in astronomy as an observer of variable stars. She is a prolific discoverer of asteroids.- Education and scientific career :...
, Italian astronomer - Maura ViceconteMaura ViceconteMaura Viceconte is a retired long-distance runner from Italy, who represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics. She is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary...
, Italian long-distance runner - Maura WestMaura WestMaura Jo West born Maura Snyder is an American actress, best known for her role as Carly Tenney on the television soap opera As the World Turns and as Diane Jenkins on The Young and the Restless....
, American actress