Given name & surname · Greek
Μοίρα
“share”
Μοίρα is used as a given name and a surname.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Moira.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Μοίρα is Moira written in the Greek alphabet. Moira means “share.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Μοίρα is Moira written in the Greek alphabet. An origin associated with this spelling is Irish Gaelic.
Explained through its name family
Μοίρα’s family of names
In Greek usage, Μοίρα has a transliteration in Moira.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Μοίρα
- Moira KellyAmerican actress (b. 1968)
- Moira Listeractress (1923-2007)
- Moira ShearerBritish ballerina and actress (1926–2006)
- Moira Walley-BeckettCanadian-American television actress, producer and writerborn 2000
- Moira AbernethySouth African swimmerborn 1939
- Moira HarrisAmerican actressborn 1954
- Moira DunbarScottish-Canadian glaciologist and Arctic ice researcher (1918-1999)
- Moira de VilliersNew Zealand judokaborn 1990
- Moira Dela TorreFilipina singer-songwriter (born 1993)
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