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Máire (female)

Variants:Màili (F) Màiri (F) Máiria (F) Maria (F) Mary (F) Moira (F)
Pet Name(s):Máirin (F) Maureen (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Irish Gaelic form of Mary/Maria [q.v.], derived from the Hebrew name Miriam/Mariamne.

Anglicized as Moira.
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