Máire

MAW-ra · Irish form of Mary

Máire is an Irish girl’s name, said MAW-ra, and it means Irish form of Mary.

How to say Máire

Máire is said MAW-ra, written the way an English speaker would read it. Ulster, Connacht and Munster each put their own turn on a name, so you may hear it said a little differently depending on where you are.

What Máire means

Máire means Irish form of Mary.

Also written as

Máire turns up in English with these spellings: Maura, Moira.

Names that mean something similar

• Caitlín: Irish form of Katherine
• Éabha: Irish form of Eve
• Eibhlín: Irish form of Eileen / Evelyn
• Eoin: Irish form of John (from Latin Johannes)

More Irish girls’ names

• Laoise: radiant girl
• Méabh: she who intoxicates

All Irish names, with meanings and pronunciations · Write Máire in Ogham · Máire in the old Gaelic script