Maura (given name)
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Maura is a female given name. It is an anglicisation of Máire, the Irish for Mary. In 2004, it was the 738th most popular name for baby girls in the U.S.[1]
Maura is also a Spanish and Italian name, and is a very prominent surname in the Bahamas.
[edit] People with first name Maura
- Saint Maura, one of the two martyrs, Maura and Britta
- Maura Clarke, an American nun and missionary
- Maura D. Corrigan, a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
- Maura Hanrahan, a Canadian author
- Maura Harty, United States Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Consular Affairs
- Maura Kennedy, an American musician
- Maura Murphy, an Irish author
- Maura Murray, a college student who went missing Feb. 9, 2004
- Maura O'Brien, a internatinal yodeling champion in the O'Brien Family Band.
- Maura O'Connell, an Irish singer
- Maura Tierney, an Irish-American film and television actress
- Maura Tombelli, an Italian astronomer
- Maura Viceconte, an Italian long-distance runner
- Maura West, an American actor
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