Forename Máire

In the entire world, Máire (Maria , Moira , Máire ) is a prevalent feminine forename. The first name Máire is habitual in Mexico, where it is a prevalent feminine name, Greece, and Argentina (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina. Also, Máire is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Máire is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Máire

name Maura, name מורין, name Máire, name Μαρία, name マウラ, name Маура, name 莫琳, name Maureen, name مورا, name Морин, name マリエ, name مورين, name Moira, name מייר, name Maria, name Mareen, name Maurine, name 莫拉, name Maire, name 梅尔

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Maria	Argentina, Italy, Brazil, Poland, Mexico
Moira	Argentina, Italy, Brazil, United States, Mexico
Máire	Australia, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom, United States
מייר	Israel

First names said to be same

Maire, Mareen, Maura, Maureen, Maurine, Μαρία, Маура, Морин, מורין, مورا, مورين, マウラ, マリエ, 梅尔, 莫拉, and 莫琳

First name Máire in the context

Máire is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Virgin Mary , the religious figure; mother of Jesus of Nazareth, Paul et Virginie; Salome , the follower of Jesus; Wendy Darling , the fictional character from Disney's Peter Pan; Maria Matzerath , the fictional character from The Tin Drum by Günter Grass and Ostap Bender , the fictional conman from Ilf and Petrov's novels, The Twelve Chairs, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	máire rua ní mhathúna Irish aristocrat, IE (b. 1615)
	máire ní dhonnchadha dhuibh Irish poet, IE (b. 1702)
	máire bhuí ní laoghaire Irish poet, IE (b. 1774)
	máire ní chinnéide Gaelic games administrator (1879-1967), IE (b. 1879)
	máire nic shiubhlaigh Irish actress and republican activist, IE (b. 1883)
	máire gill Camogie player and administrator (1891-1977), IE (b. 1891)
	máire ó criomhthain Irish woman, IE (b. 1843)
	máire ní shíthe Irish language writer, IE (b. 1867)
	máire drumm Northern Irish politician (1919-1976), GB (b. 1919)
	máire ní thuathail (b. 1871)
	máire ní shúilleabháin Irish teacher and activist, IE (b. 1884)
	máire wyse power Irish Celtic scholar, IE (b. 1887)
	máire mhic róibín former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, IE (b. 1944)
	máire ní ghuairim Irish teacher, writer and singer (1896-1964), IE (b. 1896)
	máire geoghegan-quinn Irish politician, IE (b. 1950)

Characteristic surnames

Rua, Mckeown, Mcmanus, Sheehan, Carroll, Buckley, Bhaoill, Kennedy, Keating, Riordan, Griffin, Fleming, O'Neill, Sullivan, Chonghaile, Robinson, Morrissey, Heffernan, O'Donnell, Mulholland, Mcloughlin, Cunningham, Mcgrath, Halvey, Dhomhnaill, Kearns, Shea, Bell, Ryan, Daly, Fahy, Shúilleabháin, Ahern, Byrne, Keane, Doyle, Fitzgerald, Jones, Foley, Walsh, White, Quinn, Mahony, Murphy, Mhurchú, Sloman, Curran, Bhroin, Ferry, and O'Sullivan