Máire is a girl's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “gushing.” In 2024 it was given to 5 girls in the United States.
Máire at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Biblical & Christian · Irish & Celtic · Greek
Meaning
“gushing”
Pronunciation
/ˈmˠɑːɾʲə/
Also spelled
Maria
About the name Máire
Máire belongs to the Biblical & Christian and Irish & Celtic tradition. Its meaning — “gushing” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Maria.
In the United States, Máire first appears in Social Security records in 1901. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1842 in 1901, and in 2024 5 babies received the name — 914 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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