Maura

Either Irish Máire and Scottish Gaelic Màiri, or from Italian Maura. When borrowed from Irish, a doublet of Moira.

Maura

1. A female given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic, of English, Scottish and Irish usage, variant of Mary.
   • 2016 March 25, Katharine Q. Seelye, “Heroin Epidemic Is Yielding to a Deadlier Cousin: Fentanyl”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 9 August 2021:

     Fentanyl represents the latest wave of a rolling drug epidemic that has been fueled by prescription painkillers, as addicts continue to seek higher highs and cheaper fixes. “It started out as an opioid epidemic, then heroin, but now it’s a fentanyl epidemic,” Maura Healey, the attorney general of Massachusetts, said in an interview.

2. A female given name from Italian, masculine equivalent Mauro.

Borrowed from Catalan, French, and Italian Maura.

Maura (plural Mauras)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Maura is the 38103^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 582 individuals. Maura is most common among Hispanic/Latino (45.02%) and White (40.55%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Maura”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 538.

• Marau, Rauma, amaru, marua, umara, umaraʾ, umarā

Feminine form of Mauro.

Maura f

1. a female given name from Latin

Maura m or f by sense

1. a surname originating as a matronymic

Maura

1. inflection of Maurus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Maurā

1. ablative feminine singular of Maurus

• IPA^(key): /ˈmauɾa/ [ˈmau̯.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -auɾa
• Syllabification: Mau‧ra

Maura f

1. a female given name