Given name & surname
Mavra
Mavra is used as a given name and a surname. Mavra is connected with Maura.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Mavra is a form of Maura. Maura has been associated with Celtic and Latin naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Russian use, Mavra is used as a form of Maura.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Mavra is a form of Maura. The history of Maura gives this family its wider story. Maura’s Christian associations include Saint Maura, a 5th-century martyr, of whom very little is known.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Mavra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 0 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mavra’s family of names
Mavra shares a linguistic root with Maura. Mavra has a related form in Maureen. Mavra is a form of Maura.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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