SEARCH FOR A PERSONAL NAME Whats in a name - a survey of first names

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Moira (female)

Variants:Máire (F) Màiri (F) Máirin (F) Maureen (F)
Derivative of:Mary (F)
Can be spelt:Moyra (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

English, Scottish and Irish, Anglicised form of Màiri/Máire, Gaelic variants of Mary.  Maureen may also be Anglicized as Moira/Moyra.
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