Máire

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Máire is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Hebrew מִרְיָם (Miryām).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 531K(measured from records)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 11K
  • BEBelgium1 in 121K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Switzerland (measured from records)

790 people, 2024

Sources
235 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Maire in US United States, CH Switzerland, BE Belgium and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Máire: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Máire
  1. LatinMaria(measured from records)
  2. Ancient GreekΜαρίαMaría(measured from records)
  3. HebrewמִרְיָםMiryām(measured from records)

From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Hebrew מִרְיָם (Miryām).

Sources 1

Attested across 31 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Máire counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Máire is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CH Switzerland7901 in 11K790Maire30
US United States6271 in 531K1.1KMaire235
AR Argentina1791 in 254K179——
BE Belgium971 in 121K97Maire12
ES Spain791 in 633K79Maire17
FI Finland301 in 186K18K—12

790 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Máire is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Mairē, Maire, Mairé

  • French surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Switzerland

    Also written Maire, Maïré, Mairé, Maïre, Mairē

  • Spanish surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Spain, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Maire, Mairê, Maíre, Mairé, Mairę

  • Japanese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan

    Also written Maire, Maïré

  • Chinese surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, Finland, United Kingdom

    Languages: Chinese, Hindi, Estonian

    Also written Maire, Maîre, Mäirê

  • Norwegian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Norway

    Languages: Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic

    Also written Maire, Màire

20 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Máire is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Irish Gaelic form of MARY , derived from Old French Marie .

    as a word

  • In Irish, a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Mary

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Maire O'Neill, b. 1885Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, b. 1950Moya Brennan, b. 1952Siobhan Fahey, b. 1958Maura O'Connell, b. 1958Maura Tierney, b. 1965Maura Healey, b. 1971Maura West, b. 1972Maura Delpero, b. 1975Maura Johnston, b. 1975
  • Maire O'Neillb. 1885IEIrish actress (1885-1952)
  • Máire Geoghegan-Quinnb. 1950IEIrish politician
  • Moya Brennanb. 1952IEnot in their usual nameIrish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist (1952–2026)
  • Siobhan Faheyb. 1958IEnot in their usual nameIrish singer; known from Banarama and Shakespears Sister
  • Maura O'Connellb. 1958IEnot in their usual nameIrish singer
  • Maura Tierneyb. 1965USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
  • Maura Healeyb. 1971USnot in their usual name73rd governor of Massachusetts (born 1971)
  • Maura Westb. 1972USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
  • Maura Delperob. 1975ITnot in their usual nameItalian filmmaker
  • Maura Johnstonb. 1975USnot in their usual nameAmerican journalist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Máire mean, and where does it come from?
From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Hebrew מִרְיָם (Miryām). Recorded by Wiktionary.
Is Máire a male or female name?
Máire is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Máire?
In the etymology graph, Maria, Mary and Marie are forms of the same name in other languages; Maureen, Maurine and Máirín are recorded short or pet forms.
In which country does Máire have the most bearers?
In Switzerland, the national register counted about 790 people named Máire, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maire.
Where is Máire most common?
Máire is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 11 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Máire?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 790 people named Máire in 2024, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Máire”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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