Maura
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning dark; great; feminine form of Maurus.
Babies a year
189
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Maura by the numbers
Maura was given to 189 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 430 babies in 1964, making it a 1960s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maura. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marabitter74 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mairaself-sustaining, generous76 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mauriof moorish or mauritian tradition; dark-skinned14 in the US (2017)
- Mauryof the moors; a form of Maurice or Maureen6 in the US (2017)
- Mauryarelating to the Mauryan dynasty; Indian historical reference6 in the US (2017)
- Mayra160 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Maura
Names that are said the same way as Maura, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Maura, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Delaneydark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine1,270 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Maura
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