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Muireann

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Girl · Old Irish

Muireann

Say it: MWIR-un

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Meaning

Usually analysed as muir 'sea' and finn 'white, fair'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

012318801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2015per million babies of that sex
  • 10 babies given this name since 2008
  • At its height in 2015, about 1 in 356,400 girls
  • Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
  2. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
  3. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Irish

The family of the name

Other spellings: Muirenn, Muirinn

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Where this comes from

  • The Irish annals and early Irish literature
  • National birth statistics of European countries source
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.