Moira name - Meaning of Moira
- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 11
- Usage
- Irish, Scottish
- Pronounced
- MOI-ra
- Moira Meaning
- Anglicized form of Máire. Moira is a variant of 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.
Moira Related Names
Variants: Máire, Maura, Moyra (Irish), Moyra (Scottish), Maire, Moirah, Moire
Diminutives: Mairenn, Máirín, Maureen (Irish)
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, Maja, Mara, Mare, Marica, Mojca (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, Marjan, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria (Dutch), Maria, Marie, Mary, Maura, Miriam, Mae, Maleah, Mamie, Maralyn, Maree, Mariah, Marian, Marianne, Mariel, Marilyn, Marilynn, Marinda, Marion, Marlyn, Marylyn, Maureen, Maurene, Maurine, May, Mayme, Merilyn, Merrilyn, Mia, Mo, Molly, Mora, Moreen, Mya, Reenie (English), Maarja, Mari, Mirjam, Maarika, Marika (Estonian), Maaria, Maria, Marja, Marjaana, Marjo, Mirjam, Mirjami, Jaana, Maarika, Maija, Mari, Marianne, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marjukka, Marjut, Miia, Mirja (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, Marianna, 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, Maja, Marika, Maryla, Marzena (Polish), Maria, Mariana, Mariazinha (Portuguese), Maria (Romanian), Mariya, Marya, Manya, Maryana, Masha (Russian), Márjá (Sami), Marija, Mirjam, Mirjana, Maja, Mara, Marica (Serbian), Mária, Maja, Marika (Slovak), Marija, Mirjam, Mirjana, Maja, Marica, Mojca (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), Mirele (Yiddish)
Moira Celebrities
Moira Kelly - actress, Moira Dunn - professional golfer, Moira Lister - actress, Moira O'Neill - writer, Moira Shearer - actress,
