Pronunciation help!

sarahdee678 · June 2013

DH and I love the name Maura, but DH has a completely different idea of the pronunciation of this name as it is spelled above. I think it's pronounced Maw-ruh or Mohr-uh. For some reason, he thinks it's pronounced Moy-ruh and says that his way is the "correct Celtic" pronunciation. I can't find anything on the interwebz to support his assertion. What say you, baby naming gurus?

Dr.Loretta · June 2013

Moira is pronounced MOY-ra. Maura is pronounced MAW-ra or MORE-ra

Team you

ETA:

Maura https://www.pronouncenames.com/search?name=Maura

Moira (which I love BTW) https://www.pronouncenames.com/search?name=moira

NerdyLucy · June 2013

Dr.Loretta:
Moira is pronounced MOY-ra. Maura is pronounced MAW-ra or MORE-ra Team you

Exactly this.

sarahdee678 · June 2013

Dr.Loretta:
Moira is pronounced MOY-ra.

Thank you. I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and believe that he was just confused on the spelling.

sarahdee678 · June 2013

Also, thank you for the links, Dr.Loretta. I see that Moira CAN be pronounced similarly to Maura, so maybe that's where his confusion was.

Helenahhandbasket · June 2013

Maura is Laura with an M.

I think your H means Moira.

Both pretty names, BTW.

CeCe8579 · June 2013

Dr.Loretta:
Moira is pronounced MOYra. Maura is pronounced MAWra or MOREra

Team youETA:Maura https://www.pronouncenames.com/search?name=MauraMoira which I love BTW https://www.pronouncenames.com/search?name=moiranbsp;

Yep.

neverblushed · June 2013

I feel like the name pronounced "Moy-rah" would be spelled Moira.

Maura is the same as Laura: most people pronounce it Mohr-uh, but a few pronounce it more like Maw-rah.

simpledog · June 2013

If he wants moy-ra, use Moira. Love it!

I know a Moira who pronounces it more-ah.

All Mauras around here are pronounced maw-ra.

I like Maura and love Moira... I don't think you can go wrong here!

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