THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Moira
Moira is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Moira Dela Torre. This snapshot links the name to 1 distinct Wikidata person record. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Anglicized from Irish Máire, a cognate of Mary. Doublet of Maura.
A female given name from Irish.
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People with the name Moira
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Moira Dela Torre
Filipina singer-songwriter (born 1993)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
1
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Moira Dela Torre
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Moira in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Moira
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Mira♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Aira♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Akira♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Ira♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Kira♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Mona♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Monera·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Monica♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
What rhymes with Moira?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Moira further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q1415472 — Moira (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Moira Dela Torre (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1415472 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Moira (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.