Maureen is a girl's name of Irish and Celtic origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 27 girls in the United States.
Maureen belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Maureen first appears in Social Security records in 1896. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #88 in 1948, and in 2024 27 babies received the name — 144,245 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Maureen is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Irish and Celtic origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Maureen is a girl name. In 2024, 27 babies received the name in the US.
Maureen comes from the Irish & Celtic tradition.
Maureen first appears in US records in 1896. Its best-ever ranking was #88 in 1948, and 27 babies were given the name in 2024.
Maureen is pronounced /ˈmɔːɹiːn/ (IPA).
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. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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