Maureen

Mau·reen
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/ˈmɔːɹiːn//mɔːˈɹiːn/

proper noun

A female given name from Irish.

OriginIrish Máirín →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Irish.
    1 more example

    I am Maureen because Uncle Louis liked the film star Maureen O'Hara. Fine. The fact that a small sallow baby born in Hull was unlikely to grow up into a flame-haired temptress with flashing green eyes and the cleavage the size of Galway was neither here or there. Maureen I became. Or Marine on the other side of the Atlantic. Also no-one in our house could foresee that since my father's name was Maurice I would be constantly called, with mounting frustration, 'Mauri-Morry-Maureen!'

    2000, Maureen Lipman, Lip Reading, Franz Steiner Verlag, →ISBN, page 12

Origin

  1. IrishMáirín
  2. EnglishMaureen

Anglicized from Irish Máirín, diminutive of Máire, an Irish equivalent of Mary. By surface analysis, Maura + -een.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Maureen

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Cite this entry
APA

Maureen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maureen

MLA

“Maureen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maureen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Maureen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maureen.

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