Maureen is a female

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. In Gaelic, it is Máirín, a pet form of '' Máire'' (the Irish cognate of Mary), which is derived from the Hebrew

Miriam Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus. The Tor ...

. The name has sometimes been regarded as corresponding to the male given name Maurice. Some notable bearers of the name are:

People

* Maureen Anderman (born 1946), American actress * Dame

Maureen Brennan Dame Maureen Brennan (née Eddy; born 26 March 1954) is an English educator from the West Midlands. She is the previous CEO of Matrix Academy Trust, a position she accepted after serving as headteacher at Barr Beacon School and as principal at ...

(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 Guy Ruth Maureen Guy (10 July 1932 – 14 February 2015) was a Welsh mezzo-soprano singer. The youngest of six children of a coal miner, she was influenced by church music in her youth. Guy's debut came at Sadler's Wells Theatre and several of her e ...

(1932–2015), Welsh mezzo-soprano singer *

Maureen Herman Maureen Herman (born July 25, 1966) is an American writer and a musician known as the bassist for the Minneapolis-based band Babes in Toyland from 1992 until 1996 and from 2014 until August 2015. Biography 1966–1991: Early life and education ...

(born 1966), American rock musician * Maureen Hingert (born 1937), Sri Lankan dancer, model, and actress * Maureen Hunter (born 1948), Canadian playwright * Maureen Johnson (born 1973), American writer * Dame Maureen Lipman (born 1946), British actress * Maureen Louys (born 1978), Belgian television presenter *

Maureen Maher Maureen Maher (born 1967) is an American television news reporter and correspondent. She is primarily known as one of the hosts of the CBS program 48 Hours. Early life Maher was born in the state of Michigan, just outside Detroit. Her birth par ...

, American television reporter * Maureen McCormick (born 1956), American actress * Maureen McGovern (born 1949), American singer *

Maureen Medved Maureen Medved is a Canadian writer and playwright. She is also an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia. She has been published in literary journals and magazines and has had her plays produced in Vancouver, British Columbia, ...

, Canadian playwright *

Maureen O'Boyle Maureen Jeralyn O'Boyle (born July 14, 1963) is an American television reporter and news anchor. She was the lead anchor for WBTV News 3 in her hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina and used to anchor the weekly "Stretching Your Dollar" report. O ...

(born 1963), American television reporter and news anchor *

Maureen O'Hara Maureen O'Hara (; 17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was a native Irish and naturalized American actress and singer, who became successful in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s. She was a natural ...

(1920–2015), Irish actress * Maureen O'Sullivan (1911–1998), American actress *

Maureen Phillips Maureen Phillips is a former Trinidadian cricketer who represented the Trinidad and Tobago women's national cricket team. A bowler, Phillips played in two women's One Day Internationals at the inaugural Women's Cricket World Cup in 1973 in En ...

, Trinidadian cricketer * Maureen Riscoe (1921-2003), British actress and casting director * Maureen Stapleton (1925–2006), American actress * Maureen Starkey Tigrett (1946–1994), first wife of musician

Ringo Starr Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. Starr occasionally sang lead vocals with the ...

* Maureen Tucker (born 1944), American drummer *

Maureen Thelma Watson Maureen Thelma Watson (née Eastwood; 15 September 1925 – 29 August 1994) was a Rhodesian politician. A Bulawayo native, she was a housewife and family planning advocate before entering politics. Elected to the Southern Rhodesian Legislative ...

(1925–1994), Rhodesian politician *

Maureen Wroblewitz Maureen Christa Pojas Wroblewitz (; ; ; born June 22, 1998), also known as Maureen Wrob, is a Filipino actress, beauty queen, and model best known for winning the fifth season of ''Asia's Next Top Model''. She represented the Philippines in t ...

(born 1998), Filipino-German fashion model * Maureen White, Canadian theatre actor, director, and playwright

Fictional characters

*Maureen Bullock, a character in the British sitcom '' Please Sir!'' * Maureen Corley, a character in ''Full Throttle'' * Maureen Johnson, a character in the musical and film '' Rent'' * Maureen Johnson, a character in novels by Robert Heinlein *

Maureen Robinson ''Lost in Space'' is an American science fiction television series, created and produced by Irwin Allen, which originally aired between 1965 and 1968 on CBS. The series was inspired by the 1812 novel ''The Swiss Family Robinson.'' The series fo ...

, mother of the Robinson family in '' Lost in Space'' *Maureen Connor, aka Permafrost, a character from '' Static Shock'' *Maureen Murphy, a character in the Netflix series ''F is for Family'' *Maureen Clinton, aka Mo, a character in the British children’s series '' Sooty & Co.''

People

Fictional characters

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