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Updated February 29, 2024

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • Hebrew : Bitter; rebellion
  • Irish : Dark-skinned; bitter; dark
  • French : Dark; dark-haired
  • Irish : Bitter
  • Irish : Bitter; great

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Catalan and French : variant of Maure, from the Latin personal name Maurus (see Moore 2).
  • Southern Italian : from a feminine variant of the personal name Mauro.

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