Maureen
Maureen /mɔːˈriːn/ is a female given name. Anglicized form of Máirín, a pet form of Máire, which is the Irish cognate of Mary, which is in turn derived from the Hebrew Miriam. It may also be a feminine form of Maurice.
Variants include: Maura, Maury, Maurene, Maurianne, Marien, Maurine, Maurisa, Maurise, Maurissa, Marissa, Maurita, Maurizia, Mavra, Moira, Mora, Moreen, Morena, Morene, Moria and Morine.
Maureen may refer to:
People
- Maureen Anderman (born 1946), American actress
- Maureen Brennan (born 1954), British educator
- Maureen Connolly (1934–1969), American tennis player
- Maureen Dowd (born 1952), American journalist
- Maureen Drake (born 1971), Canadian tennis player
- Maureen Duffy (born 1933), British writer
- Maureen Forrester (1930–2010), Canadian opera singer
- Maureen Herman (born 1966), American rock musician
- Maureen Hunter (born 1948), Canadian playwright
- Maureen Johnson (born 1973), American writer
- Maureen Lipman (born 1946), British actress
- Maureen Louys (born 1978), Belgian television presenter
- Maureen McCormick (born 1956), American actress
- Maureen McGovern (born 1949), American singer
- Maureen O'Hara (1920–2015), American actress
- Maureen O'Sullivan (1911–1998), American actress
- Maureen Stapleton (1925–2006), American actress
- Maureen Tucker (born 1944), American drummer
Fiction
- Maureen Corley, fictional character in Full Throttle (1995 video game)
- Maureen Johnson, ficitonal character in the musical and movie Rent
- Maureen Johnson, fictional character in novels by Robert Heinlein
- Maureen Robinson, fictional character and mother of the Robinson family in Lost In Space
See also
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