Maire

Maire

See also: Máire and maire

English

Etymology 1

Anglicisation of Irish Máire (“Mary”).

Proper noun

Maire

1. A female given name from Irish.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Maire.

Proper noun

Maire (plural Maires)

1. A surname from French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Maire is the 35812^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 627 individuals. Maire is most common among White (90.91%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Maire”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 494.

Anagrams

• Marie, Miera, aimer, armie, ramie, reaim, rimae

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Dutch

Etymology

Named after the former village of Maire, which was lost to flooding in 1530.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Mai‧re

Proper noun

Maire n

1. A former municipality of Zeeland, Netherlands.

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Estonian

Proper noun

Maire

1. a female given name borrowed from Finnish Maire

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Finnish

Etymology

Short form of mairea in its archaic meaning "lovely, sweet".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯re/, [ˈmɑi̯re̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑire
• Syllabification^(key): Mai‧re

Proper noun

Maire

1. a female given name

Declension

Inflection of Maire (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		Maire	Mairet
genitive		Mairen	Mairejen
partitive		Mairea	Maireja
illative		Maireen	Maireihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Maire	Mairet
accusative	nom.	Maire	Mairet
	gen.	Mairen
genitive		Mairen	Mairejen Maireinrare
partitive		Mairea	Maireja
inessive		Mairessa	Maireissa
elative		Mairesta	Maireista
illative		Maireen	Maireihin
adessive		Mairella	Maireilla
ablative		Mairelta	Maireilta
allative		Mairelle	Maireille
essive		Mairena	Maireina
translative		Maireksi	Maireiksi
instructive		—	Mairein
abessive		Mairetta	Maireitta
comitative		—	Maireineen

Possessive forms of Maire (type nalle)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Maireni	Mairemme
2nd person	Mairesi	Mairenne
3rd person	Mairensa

Anagrams

• Reima, reima