Maureen

English

Etymology

Anglicized from Irish Máirín, diminutive of Máire, an Irish equivalent of Mary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔːˈɹiːn/
• Hyphenation: Mau‧reen

Proper noun

Maureen

1. A female given name from Irish.
   • 2000 Maureen Lipman, Lip Reading, Franz Steiner Verlag, →ISBN, page 12

     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!'