The baby name Maelmuire is a Unisex name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Irish (approx.): /ˈmaːl ˈmɪɾʲə/ — MAWL-MIR-uh; Anglicized (approx.): /meɪlˈmwɪrə/ — MAYL-MWIR-uh.
The baby name Maelmuire is a Unisex name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Irish (approx.): /ˈmaːl ˈmɪɾʲə/ — MAWL-MIR-uh; Anglicized (approx.): /meɪlˈmwɪrə/ — MAYL-MWIR-uh.
Maelmuire is Gaelic, Irish in Origin.
Maelmuire is the anglicised form of Old Irish Máel Muire, a compound of máel “tonsured one; devotee” and Muire, the special Gaelic form of “Mary” reserved for the Virgin. The name thus means “devotee/servant of Mary,” following a wider early Gaelic pattern of theophoric compounds such as Máel Brigte and Máel Sechnaill.
In medieval Ireland and Scotland (c. 9th–12th centuries) it appears widely in the annals, borne by both men and women: for example, Máel Muire ingen Cináeda (a royal consort) and the scribe Máel Muire mac Céilechair of Clonmacnoise. Later spelling conventions yielded Irish Maolmhuire and Scottish Gaelic Maol Mhuire; in English records it was at times rendered as Myles. Modern usage is rare, but the name persists in historical and liturgical contexts. Variants and spellings include Máel Muire, Mael Muire, Maolmhuire, Maol Mhuire, and the undiacriticised Maelmuire.
We have no record of Maelmuire in any national birth registry or name dataset. Names like this are usually very rare, tied to a particular region or tradition, or freshly invented. However you look at it, very few people share it.
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