Meaning and Origin of: Maura

Girl name origins & meanings

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

Girl name variations

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.