Maureen is a female name. In Gaelic, it is Máirín, a pet form of Máire (the Irish cognate of Mary), which is derived from the Hebrew Miriam.
Some notable bearers of the name are:
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People
Maureen Anderman (born 1946), American actress
Maureen Arthur (1934–2022), American actress
Maureen Murphy Baronian (1934–2001), American politician
Maureen Beattie (born 1953), Scottish actress
Dame Maureen Brennan (born 1954), British educator
Maureen Chadwick, British screenwriter, dramatist and television producer
Maureen Charuni (born 1963), Sri Lankan actress
Maureen Child (born 1951), American writer
Maureen Colquhoun (1928–2021), British politician
Maureen Connolly (1934–1969), American tennis player
Maureen Connor (born 1947), American artist
Maureen Corrigan (born 1955), American author, scholar, and literary critic
Maureen Cummins (born 1963), American artist
Maureen Daly (1921–2006), Irish American author and journalist
Maureen Dowd (born 1952), American journalist
Maureen Drake (born 1971), Canadian tennis player
Maureen Duffy (1933–2026), British poet, writer, and activist
Maureen Fitzgerald Terry, American politician
Maureen Forrester (1930–2010), Canadian opera singer
Maureen Googoo, Mi'kmaq journalist
Maureen Guy (1932–2015), Welsh mezzo-soprano singer
Maureen Hanson, American molecular biologist and professor
Maureen Hemphill (born 1937), Canadian politician
Maureen Herman (born 1966), American rock musician
Maureen Hingert (1937–2025), Sri Lankan dancer, model, and actress
Maureen Howard (1930–2022), American writer and editor
Maureen Hunter (born 1948), Canadian playwright
Maureen Irwin (1934–2002), Canadian activist
Maureen Johnson (born 1973), American writer
Maureen Kearney (born 1956), Irish syndicalist and whistleblower
Maureen Larrazabal (born 1979), Filipina actress, singer and commercial model
Maureen Lehane (1932–2010), English mezzo-soprano singer
Dame Maureen Lipman (born 1946), British actress
Maureen Louys (born 1978), Belgian television presenter
Maureen Magarity (born 1981), American basketball coach
Maureen Maher (born 1967), American television reporter
Maureen Mann (1944–2023), American politician
Maureen McCormick (born 1956), American actress
Maureen McGovern (born 1949), American singer
Maureen McQuillan, American contemporary artist
Maureen Medved, Canadian playwright
Maureen Molloy (1925–2011), Australian pioneer of clinical neuropsychology, cognitive rehabilitation therapy and forensic neuropsychology
Maureen Molloy (anthropologist), Canadian–New Zealand anthropologist
Maureen Morris, New Zealand nurse
Maureen Murphy (born 1999), American ice hockey player
Maureen O'Boyle (born 1963), American television reporter and news anchor
Maureen O'Brien (born 1943), English actress
Maureen O'Hara (1920–2015), Irish actress
Maureen Orth (born 1943), American journalist
Maureen O'Sullivan (1911–1998), American actress
Maureen Paley (born 1953), American owner of an art gallery
Maureen Phillips, Trinidadian cricketer
Maureen Pugh (born 1958), New Zealand politician
Maureen Raymo (born 1959), American paleoclimatologist and marine geologist
Maureen Reagan (1941–2001), American political activist and child of Ronald Reagan
Maureen Riscoe (1921–2003), British actress and casting director
Maureen Stapleton (1925–2006), American actress
Maureen Starkey Tigrett (1946–1994), first wife of musician Ringo Starr
Maureen Swanson (1932–2011), British actress
Maureen Thompson, Saint Helenian politician
Maureen Tucker (born 1944), American drummer
Maureen Watson (1931–2009), Aboriginal Australian rights activist
Maureen Thelma Watson (1925–1994), Rhodesian politician
Maureen Wroblewitz (born 1998), Filipino-German fashion model
Maureen White, Canadian theatre actor, director, and playwright
Maurene
Maurene Comey (born 1988), American lawyer
Maurene Goo, American author
Maurene Horder (born 1950), Australian politician
Fictional characters
Maureen Bullock, a character in the British sitcom Please Sir!
Maureen Clinton, aka Mo, a character in the British children's series Sooty & Co.
Maureen Connor, aka Permafrost, a character from Static Shock
Maureen Corley, a character in Full Throttle
Maureen Holdsworth, a character in Coronation Street
Maureen Johnson, a character in the musical and film Rent
Maureen Johnson, a character in novels by Robert Heinlein
Maureen Murphy, a character in the Netflix series F is for Family
Maureen Prescott, Sidney Prescott’s mother in the Scream saga
Maureen Robinson, mother of the Robinson family in Lost in Space