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Maura Maura — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MOR-ah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Other

Meaning

"Latin Maura (Saint Maura + dark)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "latin maura (saint maura + dark)".

Maura is from Maura. CE Maura the Black Irish queen.

CE Maura the Black Irish queen

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Maura

Transliteration: Maura
Pronunciation: / ˈmɔː.rə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Maura stands.

Maura does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Mauras before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Saint Maura of Antinoë

Saint Maura ~3rd c. CE Christian martyr Egypt + martyred with husband Timothy under Diocletian + Coptic + Catholic + Orthodox hagiography + feast May 3

Christian hagiography

Names connected to Maura.

Numerology

The number behind Maura.

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Maura reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.