Details for the forename Maureen

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Maureen (female)


Variants:	Màiri (F) Máirin (F) Moira (F) Moyra (F)
Pet Name(s):	Mo (F) Reenie (F)
Pet Name for:	Máire (F)
Derivative of:	Mary (F)
Can be spelt:	Maurene (F) Maurine (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Irish and English. Maureen is an Anglicized form of Máirin, as are Moira/Moyra. Máirin is a pet name for the Irish Gaelic name Máire (a variant of Maria/Mary [q.v.]). NB Maureen is not a spelling variant of Moreen. This is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic Móirin a pet name for Mór.