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Moira

Moira: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“fate; destiny”
Origin
Greek
Say it
MOY-ruh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Moira is the modern Greek word for 'fate' and also an anglicized form of Irish Máire. As an English given name, it is often used as the Irish form of Mary.

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How popular is Moira?

202432.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Moira in 2024105

2024 rank#1,897 girls

Peak year1965

Total US babies since 18807,847

Moira has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Moira

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Maryuncertain, traditionally beloved or bitter · Hebrew
  • Mariameaning uncertain · Hebrew
  • Mollybitter · English
  • MaliaMary · Hawaiian
  • Mariahvariant of Mary; meaning uncertain · Hebrew
  • Mariebeloved; drop of the sea · French
  • Molliebitter · English
  • Maymonth of May · English

Moira questions

What does the name Moira mean?

Moira means "fate; destiny". It comes from Greek. Moira is the modern Greek word for 'fate' and also an anglicized form of Irish Máire. As an English given name, it is often used as the Irish form of Mary.

Is Moira a boy or girl name?

Moira is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Moira?

105 US babies were named Moira in 2024. Its peak year was 1965.

How do you pronounce Moira?

Moira is usually pronounced MOY-ruh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.