# Maura

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #33,324

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic, of English, Scottish and Irish usage, variant of Mary.
2. A female given name from Italian, masculine equivalent Mauro.

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

## Easily confused with
- **MUA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maura-vs-mua)
- **Maya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maura-vs-maya)
- **Mira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maura-vs-mira)
- **mora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maura-vs-mora)
- **Musa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maura-vs-musa)
- **Myra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maura-vs-myra)
- **Mawr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maura-vs-mawr)
- **muda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maura-vs-muda)
- **mural** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maura-vs-mural)
- **mourn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maura-vs-mourn)
- **Mazda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maura-vs-mazda)
- **Moira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maura-vs-moira)
- **mauve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maura-vs-mauve)
- **Murat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maura-vs-murat)
- **mitra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maura-vs-mitra)
- **Murad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maura-vs-murad)
- **Maurer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maura-vs-maurer)
- **mar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mar-vs-maura)
- **Mau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mau-vs-maura)
- **maa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maa-vs-maura)

## Common misspellings (6)
`amura`, `marua`, `mauar`, `maurra`, `mmaura`, `muara`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/maura