Moira
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning fate; destiny; share.
Babies a year
132
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2605
10 babies
Moira by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Moira. In the US, 132 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 144 babies in 1963, making it a 1960s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Moira. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mirawonderful, admirable135 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mairaself-sustaining, generous76 in England and Wales (2025)
- Meiralight or shining one62 in the US (2017)
- Moradelay or hindrance23 in the US (2017)
- Monicaadvisor; one who warns469 in the US (2017)
- Mauradark; great; feminine form of Maurus189 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Moira
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