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Maureen

American  
[maw-reen] / mɔˈrin /
Sometimes Maurene,

noun

  1. a female given name, Irish form of Mary.


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A week later, Scalia’s wife Maureen called to tell them of his death.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

I also met Maureen Reinecke, 17 at the time of the bombing, who’d returned home with her mother from a college interview at Chapel Hill.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

Maureen Mwisiwa, 12, says she has been turning up to school for the past week to find herself on her own.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

She is survived by their five children, Timothy McNulty, Maureen Wheeler, Kathleen Colton, Terence McNulty and Eileen McNulty, as well as 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2026

That didn’t work, either, so we begged Maureen to please stop crying.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

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