Maire
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Irish. Anglicisation of Irish Máire (“Mary”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Maire (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 718 |
| 2000 | 704 |
| 2001 | 694 |
| 2002 | 679 |
| 2003 | 669 |
| 2004 | 659 |
| 2005 | 647 |
| 2006 | 640 |
| 2007 | 618 |
| 2008 | 601 |
| 2009 | 589 |
| 2010 | 584 |
| 2011 | 568 |
| 2012 | 554 |
| 2013 | 542 |
| 2014 | 523 |
| 2015 | 505 |
| 2016 | 493 |
| 2017 | 471 |
| 2018 | 453 |
| 2019 | 427 |
| 2020 | 411 |
Maire in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Maire.Hi! My name is Maire.
- Maire bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Maire lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Maire kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Maire is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Maires mamma är lärare.Maire's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Maires mamma is Maire's mum.
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Questions about Maire
How do you pronounce Maire in Swedish?
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What does the name Maire mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Irish. Anglicisation of Irish Máire (“Mary”).
How popular is Maire in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Maire in 2022. In 2020, 411 people in Sweden had Maire as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.