English
Maureen
Maureen comes from Irish Máire ‘Mary’, and goes back to Ancient Greek Μαρία.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΜαρία
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMaria
- Irishc. 1200–presentMáire‘Mary’
- Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentMáirín
- Englishearliest quotation 2000Maureen
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΜαρία
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMaria
- Irishc. 1200–presentMáire‘Mary’
- Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentMáirín
- Englishearliest quotation 2000Maureen
Earliest quotation: 2000, Maureen Lipman, Lip Reading: “I am Maureen because Uncle Louis liked the film…”
The story
Anglicized from Irish Máirín, diminutive of Máire, an Irish equivalent of Mary.
Linked words
through Latin Maria
Today it means
name A female given name from Irish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Μαρία / Maureen