Moira Forename
15,532nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 61,598 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland
Moira Forename Definition:
A female name. an Irish name, probably the same in origin as the Gaelic Morag (q.v.). Sometimes used in England now.
Moira Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 14,802 | 1:3,756 | 475 |
| Scotland | 100% | 10,874 | 1:492 | 110 |
| United States | 100% | 8,534 | 1:42,481 | 2,525 |
| South Africa | 100% | 6,338 | 1:8,604 | 1,517 |
| Italy | 100% | 2,470 | 1:24,721 | 966 |
| Australia | - | 2,340 | 1:5,837 | 717 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,215 | 1:14,959 | 1,507 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2,047 | 1:20,896 | 936 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,967 | 1:2,361 | 336 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,449 | 1:3,130 | 529 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,168 | 1:2,649 | 422 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 667 | 1:45,280 | 2,793 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 580 | 1:3,178 | 438 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 539 | 1:28,616 | 2,906 |
| Chile | 100% | 497 | 1:35,427 | 1,492 |
| Brazil | 100% | 407 | 1:526,379 | 16,935 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 401 | 1:26,437 | 1,590 |
| Malta | - | 369 | 1:1,164 | 240 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 249 | 1:67,880 | 4,123 |
| Spain | 100% | 244 | 1:190,697 | 3,959 |
| Philippines | 100% | 242 | 1:438,056 | 15,241 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 230 | 1:35,711 | 1,857 |
| Malawi | 100% | 212 | 1:80,718 | 4,695 |
| Papua New Guinea | 86% | 212 | 1:38,454 | 3,772 |
| France | 100% | 174 | 1:382,013 | 4,663 |
| Colombia | 100% | 136 | 1:351,316 | 6,368 |
| Peru | 100% | 131 | 1:242,683 | 5,832 |
| Zambia | - | 129 | 1:122,905 | 5,287 |
| Germany | 100% | 124 | 1:779,660 | 6,802 |
| Mexico | 100% | 108 | 1:1,149,485 | 8,773 |
| India | 67% | 103 | 1:11,794,932 | 335,073 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 92 | 1:37,257 | 1,556 |
| Greece | 100% | 90 | 1:121,495 | 3,045 |
| Egypt | - | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 79 | 1:385,442 | 18,204 |
| Portugal | - | 74 | 1:140,687 | 3,423 |
| Croatia | 100% | 72 | 1:58,570 | 1,863 |
| Suriname | - | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 62 | 1:168,246 | 7,350 |
| Belgium | 98% | 59 | 1:194,746 | 4,858 |
| Qatar | 100% | 51 | 1:46,463 | 5,889 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 46 | 1:3,860,095 | 62,963 |
| Gibraltar | - | 45 | 1:759 | 158 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 41 | 1:14,170 | 1,248 |
| Namibia | - | 40 | 1:60,104 | 3,480 |
| Thailand | 100% | 40 | 1:1,751,645 | 51,979 |
| Botswana | - | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| Ecuador | - | 37 | 1:479,106 | 5,243 |
| Sweden | 97% | 36 | 1:273,831 | 8,577 |
| Israel | 97% | 34 | 1:247,145 | 6,887 |
| Panama | 100% | 34 | 1:114,899 | 5,399 |
| China | - | 31 | 1:44,066,316 | 61,924 |
| Jersey | - | 29 | 1:3,448 | 479 |
| DR Congo | 75% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| French Polynesia | - | 22 | 1:12,632 | 1,507 |
| Norway | 100% | 22 | 1:233,288 | 5,551 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 21 | 1:41,480 | 2,042 |
| Guernsey | - | 21 | 1:3,016 | 423 |
| Hong Kong | - | 16 | 1:484,545 | 4,322 |
| Singapore | - | 16 | 1:392,941 | 10,341 |
| Iraq | 100% | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Jamaica | - | 13 | 1:221,787 | 7,032 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 13 | 1:104,725 | 7,155 |
| Uganda | 100% | 13 | 1:3,150,532 | 34,391 |
| Denmark | - | 12 | 1:470,792 | 7,517 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Indonesia | - | 10 | 1:25,796,367 | 599,978 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 10 | 1:245,876 | 4,150 |
| Albania | 100% | 9 | 1:338,508 | 14,218 |
| Kenya | - | 9 | 1:5,145,234 | 27,509 |
| Niger | 75% | 9 | 1:2,131,555 | 25,465 |
| Monaco | 100% | 8 | 1:4,808 | 802 |
| Turkey | 100% | 8 | 1:9,725,214 | 31,896 |
| El Salvador | - | 7 | 1:905,969 | 6,148 |
| Guyana | - | 6 | 1:127,210 | 8,948 |
| Russia | 100% | 6 | 1:24,038,951 | 65,699 |
| Czechia | 67% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Finland | 100% | 5 | 1:1,096,637 | 9,775 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Burkina Faso | 80% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 4 | 1:1,809,201 | 8,869 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Georgia | 50% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Moïra (97), Moíra (2) & Moirà (1) are calculated separately.
Moira (1,054) may also be a surname.
Moira Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. an Irish name, probably the same in origin as the Gaelic Morag (q.v.). Sometimes used in England now.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
F. Celtic, ‘soft,’ is the probable etymology, but I suggest Greek Μοίρα, i. e. Moira, sole goddess of fate before the fateful trio (Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos), as a possible.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Greek name, meaning: Destiny. The goddess of fate, in classic legend. The name in a sense is generic, being applied to any one of the three fates, taken separately.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Moira Forename Popularity
Moira Demographics
Moira Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 1,742 (2014)
United States
Average
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Moira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moira in the Russian language | ||
| Моира | moira | - |
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