Moira
Meaning
star of the sea, variant of Maura/Mary; a graceful classic
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Moira peaked in the 1990s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
331 people · the #17,785 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 500,000 · median age 35
Among people named Moira living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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