Maureen name - Meaning of Maureen
- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 5
- Usage
- Irish, English, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- maw-REEN, MAWR-een, maw-REEN/MAWR-een
- Maureen Meaning
- Anglicized form of Máirín. Maureen is an anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic Mairin, which ultimately derives from Mary. Mary is an English form of Maria, the name used in the New Testament, ultimately derived from the Hebrew name Miryam. There are several possible meanings of Miryam, some of them being: "lots of bitterness", "wished for child", "bitter", "rebellious". Mary is the name of different characters in New Testament, the most important ones being the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, and Mary Magdalene. The name has been extremely popular for centuries, especially among Christians.
Maureen Related Names
Variants: Mairenn, Máirín, Maurine (Irish), Maurene, Maurine, Moreen (English)
Diminutives: Mo, Reenie (English)
Other Languages: Mariam, Maryam (Arabic), Mariam (Armenian), Maria, Miren, Maia (Basque), Maryia (Belarusian), Mary, Miriam (Biblical), Maria, Mariam (Biblical Greek), Miriam (Biblical Hebrew), Maria (Biblical Latin), Mari (Breton), Mariya (Bulgarian), Maria, Mariona, Ona (Catalan), Maria (Corsican), Marija, Mirjam, Mirjana (Croatian), Marie, Madlenka, Maja, Marika (Czech), Mari, Maria, Marie, Maiken, Maja, Majken, Marianne, Mia (Danish), Maria, Marja, Mirjam, Jet, Maaike, Manon, Marianne, Marieke, Mariëtte, Marijke, Marijse, Marike, Mariska, Marita, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria (Dutch), Maarja, Mari, Mirjam, Maarika, Marika (Estonian), Maaria, Maria, Marja, Marjaana, Marjo, Mirjam, Mirjami, Maarika, Maija, Mari, Marianne, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marjukka, Marjut, Miia (Finnish), Marie, Myriam, Manon, Marianne, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise (French), Maria, Maike, Mareike (Frisian), María (Galician), Mariam, Mariami, Meri (Georgian), Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam, Maike, Maja, Mareike, Marianne, Mariele, Marita, Meike, Mia, Mitzi, Ria (German), Maria, Marika (Greek), Malia, Mele (Hawaiian), Miriam (Hebrew), Mariamne (History), Mária, Mara, Mari, Marica, Marika, Mariska (Hungarian), Maria, Mæja (Icelandic), Maryam (Iranian), Maria, Mariella, Marietta, Mimi (Italian), Marija (Latvian), Marija (Lithuanian), Marija (Macedonian), Moirrey, Voirrey (Manx), Mere (Maori), Malle, Molle (Medieval English), Mari, Maria, Marie, Maiken, Maja, Marianne, Mia (Norwegian), Maria (Occitan), Maria (Polish), Maria, Mariazinha (Portuguese), Maria (Romanian), Mariya, Marya, Maryana (Russian), Márjá (Sami), Màiri, Maura, Moira, Moyra (Scottish), Marija, Mirjam, Mirjana (Serbian), Mária (Slovak), Marija, Mirjam, Mirjana (Slovene), María, Marita (Spanish), Maritza (Spanish (Latin American) ), Mari, Maria, Marie, Maja, Majken, Marianne, Mia, My (Swedish), Meryem (Turkish), Mariya (Ukrainian), Meryem (Uyghur), Mair, Mari, Mairwen (Welsh)
Maureen Celebrities
Maureen McCormick - actress, Maureen McGovern - actress, Maureen Christine - jazz arist, Maureen Connolly - tennis player, Maureen Daly - writer, Maureen Drake - athlete, Maureen Harris - writer, Maureen Howard - writer, Maureen James - writer, Maureen Lipman - actress, Maureen O'Hara - actress, Maureen Owen - writer, Maureen Potter - actress,
