Name: Maura
Gender: Female
Usage: Maura, of hebrew origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Maura are in general originating from Austria, France, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Maura across the world, see Maurus.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Maura is: Moor, Dark skinned.
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Numerology of the first name Maura: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Maura is ranked on the 2,665th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 139400 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Maura has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Maura for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Maura is a female given name used in English, Spanish, Italian, Greece, 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.
1 English, Scottish, and Irish: of Celtic origin. St Maura was a 5th-century martyr, of whom very little is known; her companion is variously named as Britta (of Celtic origin) and Baya (of Latin origin). In Ireland Maura is now commonly regarded as a form of Mary (cf. Moira and Maureen).
2 Italian and Spanish: feminine form of Mauro.
Cognate (of 2): Russian: Mavra.
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