Maura (given name)

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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.

People with first name Maura

Saint Maura, one of the two martyrs Maura and Britta

Maura Clarke, American nun and missionary

Maura D. Corrigan, justice of the Michigan Supreme Court

Maura D'Anna, basketball player

Maura Davis, American musician

Maura Hanrahan, Canadian author

Maura Harty, United States Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Consular Affairs

Maura Johnston, American music critic and blogger

Maura Kennedy, musician in American folk-rock duo The Kennedys

Maura Murphy, Irish author

Maura Murray, college student who went missing Feb. 9, 2004

Maura O'Connell, Irish singer

Maura Tierney (born 1965), American film and television actress

Maura Tombelli, Italian astronomer

Maura Viceconte, Italian long-distance runner

Maura West (born 1972), American actress

Fiction

Maura Glee, fictional character in the webcomic Diesel Sweeties

Maura Isles, a main character of Rizzoli & Isles and the novels by Tess Gerritsen on which the series is based.

Maura Labingi or Frodo Baggins, a character in The Lord of the Rings

Maura Pfefferman, née Mort Pfefferman – Jeffrey Tambor's character on Transparent.

Maura Ellis, Amy Poehler's character in the 2015 film Sisters.

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