Moira


Gender:
Origin: Hebrew
76 famous people named Moira found on Wikipedia.
7184 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 1606-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 833-th in year 1965
Used in: English, Irish, Scottish

Meanings

The name Moira is a given name of Greek origin, deriving from μοῖρα, meaning "destiny, share, fate". In Greek mythology, the Moirai (Greek: Μοῖραι, plural for μοῖρα), often known in English as the Fates, were the white-robed incarnations of destiny. The name could also be an Anglicisation of the Irish name Máire.

Fem. proper name, one of the Fates, from Greek Moira, literally "share, fate," related to moros "fate, destiny, doom," meros "part, lot," meiresthai "to receive one's share" (see merit (n.)).

Anglicized form of Marie: sea of bitterness, rebelliousness, sorrow.

Famous People: 76 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Moira MacTaggert
2 Moira Harris 1954 American actress
3 Moira Stuart 1949 British newsreader
4 Moira Brooker 1957 British actress
5 Moira Shearer 1926 British ballerina and actress
6 Moira Barton
7 Moira Demos
8 Moira Walley-Beckett 2000 Canadian-born, American-based television actress, producer and writer
9 Moira Quirk 1968 Actress, voice actress
10 Moira Forbes 1979 US American female journalist
11 Moira Kelly 1964 Australian humanitarian worker
12 Moira Lister 1923 Actress
13 Moira Anderson 1938 Scottish singer
14 Moira Orfei 1931 Italian actress and circus performer
15 Moira Buffini 1965 British dramatist
16 Moira Foot 1953 British actress
17 Moira Cameron 1964 Yeoman Warder of the Tower of London
18 Moira Redmond 1928 English actress
19 Moira Lambert British singer
20 Moira Johnston 1983 Activist
21 Moira Wallace British civil servant
22 Moira Stilwell Canadian politician
23 Elizabeth Rawdon, Countess of Moira 1731 British noble
24 John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira 1720 Irish peer
25 Moira Kirland American television producer and writer
26 Moira Delia 1971 Maltese television presenter
27 Moira Burton 1991
28 Moira McLean Australian television presenter
29 Moira Gunn American podcaster
30 Moira Dunbar 1918 Scottish-Canadian glaciologist and Arctic ice researcher
31 Moira Deady 1922 Actress
32 Moira Armstrong 1930 English television director
33 Moira Coatsworth New Zealand politician
34 Moira Forsyth 1905 British artist
35 Senta Moira 1925 German actress
36 Moira O'Neill 1864 Irish-Canadian poet
37 Gerald Moira 1867 British artist
38 Moira J. Moore Canadian writer
39 Moira Gemmill 1959
40 Moira Dunn 1971 Professional golfer
41 Moira Dryer 1957
42 Moira Crombie
43 Moira Crone 1952 American writer
44 Moira Gibb
45 Moira Abernethy 1939 Olympic swimmer
46 Moira Whyte Scottish physician
47 Moira Burke American computer scientist working in the field of human-computer interaction
48 Moira Young 1959 Canadian children's author
49 Moira von Wright 1957 Finnish educational scientist, professor of pedagogy at Örebro University, Sweden
50 Moira de Villiers 1990 New Zealand judoka
51 Moira Leiper Ducharme Canadian politician
52 Moira Bertram 1929 Cartoonist
53 Moira Macdonald
54 Moira Milton 1923 Scottish amateur golfer
55 Moira Senior 1976 New Zealand field hockey player
56 Moira MacLeod 1957 British field hockey player
57 Moira Linehan American writer
58 Moira Lynd 1903 British actress
59 Moira Modzelewski American lawyer
60 Moira Brinnand 1962 Argentine field hockey player
61 Moira Soto 1941
62 Moira North American figure skating choreographer
63 Moira Jones Cricketer
64 Moira Lenore Dynon 1920 (1920-1976) welfare worker and scientist
65 Moira Lassen
66 Moira Murić 1985 Bosnia and Herzegovina footballer
67 Moira Cargill 1958 Olympic alpine skier
68 Moira Placchi 1970 Italian footballer
69 Moira Keenan
70 Moira Roth
71 Moira Astin Anglican priest
72 Moira Verschoyle Irish novelist and playwright
73 Moira Geoffrion
74 Moira Walsh
75 Moira Brown 1952
76 Moira Walls 1952 British high jumper, long jumper and pentathlete