Pronunciation
Maw-reen / Ma-reen
These spellings are a guide to the sound. Irish pronunciation can vary by dialect.
Meaning
Little Máire
Related forms: Máire (related irish form).
Alternate spellings
Mairin; Maureen
Fun fact
Máirín is a diminutive of Máire. The ín is the little ending you hear in Róisín and Brídín. Maureen is an Anglicised spelling, so the two are more closely connected than the spellings might suggest.
Popularity in Ireland
Figures for the spelling Máirín, Republic of Ireland.
The CSO only publishes names given to three or more babies in a year. “Less than 3” means zero, one or two babies, and these years appear as gaps on the graph.
Number of babies registered each year
Less than 3 babies were registered with this spelling in each of these years.
From 2018, spellings with and without fadas are counted separately. Earlier figures group these spellings together, so the graph has a break at 2018.
View yearly figures
| Year | Babies named | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2024 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2023 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2022 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2021 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2020 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2019 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2018 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2017 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2016 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2015 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2014 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2013 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2012 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2011 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2010 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2009 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2008 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2007 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2006 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2005 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2004 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2003 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2002 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2001 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2000 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1999 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1998 | 3 | #498 |
| 1997 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1996 | 3 | #534 |
| 1995 | 4 | #451 |
| 1994 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1993 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1992 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1991 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1990 | 3 | #517 |
| 1989 | 4 | #445 |
| 1988 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1987 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1986 | 3 | #521 |
| 1985 | 4 | #456 |
| 1984 | 4 | #459 |
| 1983 | 8 | #347 |
| 1982 | 6 | #399 |
| 1981 | 6 | #386 |
| 1980 | 3 | #542 |
| 1979 | 3 | #523 |
| 1978 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1977 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1976 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1975 | 7 | #343 |
| 1974 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1973 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1972 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1971 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1970 | 3 | #447 |
| 1969 | 3 | #443 |
| 1968 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1967 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1966 | 5 | #310 |
| 1965 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1964 | 4 | #327 |
Source: CSO, Irish Babies’ Names, tables VSA50 and VSA60. Latest year: 2025.
