Forename Maura

In all the world, Maura (Maura , مورا , マウラ , and others...) is a widespread girly given name. The first name Maura is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Nicaragua, where it is quite a common girly name, Mexico, and Peru (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Mexico, Brazil, and the United States. Very seldom, Maura is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Maura is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Maura

name Mora, name Μαύρα, name Морин, name مورين, name Маура, name Мойра, name Mareen, name Maurá, name Máire, name 莫拉, name مورا, name Maurine, name מורה, name 莫琳, name Maûra, name מאורה, name Maureen, name Maura, name מורין, name 毛拉, name Мора, name Maúra, name マウラ

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Maura	Italy, Mexico, Philippines, Brazil, United States
مورا	Egypt, Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Saudi Arabia
マウラ	Japan
Маура	Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan
Мойра	Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
מאורה	Israel

First names said to be same

Mareen, Maureen, Maurine, Maurá, Maúra, Maûra, Mora, Máire, Μαύρα, Мора, Морин, מורה, מורין, مورين, 毛拉, 莫拉, and 莫琳

First name Maura in the context

Maura is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Wendy Darling , the fictional character from Disney's Peter Pan; Maura Pfefferman , the Fictional character, Transparent; Wendy Darling , the character created by J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan; Moira Burton , the character in the Resident Evil Franchise, Resident Evil: Revelations 2 and Moira Queen , the fictional character from the television series Arrow, among other works.

Notable namesakes

	maura bwee o'leary (b. 1774)
	bartolomé maura y montaner Spanish painter (1842-1926), ES (b. 1844)
	maura geraldine anne prittie (1879-1880) (b. 1879)
	maura böckeler German writer, DE (b. 1890)
	maura camoirano Italian politician (1950-2020), IT (b. 1950)
	maura currie British broadcaster, GB (b. 1901)
	maura j. casey American journalist, US (b. 1901)
	maura cossutta Italian politician, IT (b. 1951)
	maura penders American screenwriter (b. 1901)
	maura fabbri Italian association football player, IT (b. 1951)
	maura tombelli Italian astronomer, IT (b. 1952)
	maura hennigan American politician, US (b. 1952)
	maura de senna pereira Brazilian journalist, BR (b. 1904)
	maura mcgowan British judge (b. 1957)
	maura laverty actor and writer (b. 1907)