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Maura (female)

Variants:Mary (F) Mavra (F)
Masculine form:Mauro (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

1. Originally Irish, now also Scottish and English, origin unknown. In Ireland it is a variant of Mary.

2. Italian and Spanish feminine form of the Italian male name Mauro, from Latin "Moor".
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