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Updated January 10, 2024

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • French : Dark; dark-haired
  • Irish : Bitter

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian and French : from a medieval personal name derived from the Latin personal name Maurinus, a derivative of Maurus (see Mauro), which was the name of a 6th-century martyr.

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