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Maire
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Máire maire
English
Etymology 1
Anglicisation of en ga Máire Mary.
Proper noun
en female Irish.
Etymology 2
en :bor fr:Maire + 1
Proper noun
+ (surname)
s
en French.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Maire is the 35812th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 627 individuals. Maire is most common among White (90.91%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en aeimr Marie Miera aimer armie ramie reaim rimae
Dutch
Etymology
Named after the former village of Maire, which was lost to flooding in 1530.
Pronunciation
nl Mai re
Proper noun
n
nl former municipality p/Zeeland c/Netherlands
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female borrowed from et fi Maire
Finnish
Etymology
Short form of fi mairea in its archaic meaning lovely, sweet, adapted as a given name in the late 19th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female Finnish
Declension
Mair a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 4805 1006 148
References
Anagrams
fi aeimr Reima reima
Old Irish
Etymology
From sga la Maria, from sga grc Μαρίᾱ, grc Μαριάμ, from sga arc מַרְיָם maryām or sga he מִרְיָם miryām.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
sga pn f
sga biblical character Mary mother of Jesus
Descendants
ga Muire
gv Moirrey
gd Moire
Mutation
Further reading
32771 2 Muire
sga Biblical characters