Maura

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DP's beautiful mother died two years ago. Both his mother an father are Polish.

If our baby is a girl, I'd love to call her Maura, after his mother, but I'm thinking of nicknames I'd probably prefer (I'd never choose Maura, otherwise, itkwim).

So, I've got Molly....

DD1 is called Tabitha, btw (different dad, though).

Maura is an older type name but what a lovely gesture.
Could Martha work? It would work so well with tabitha (only in my opinion, I know)

I think Maura is a beautiful name. No nickname required

I quite like Maura just as it is. It's a friendly name.

I love Maura. I don't think you need a nickname.

I really like that you're remembering his Mum.

Use Maura. no nn. It's pretty and a little different.

Maura is a beautiful name- why would you need a nickname?

About 30 yo I was introduced to a very lovely Maura for about 5 minutes and I've always remembered the name.

It's lovely.

Maura is beautiful (hmm I am a bit polish can I rename one of my girls) seriously it is a lovely name.

How do you pronounce Maura? Is it Mawra or Mora?

I love the name Maura. It's beautiful

I think it's a lovely name as it is.
I know two Maura's, but neither have a nn as far as I know.

Very pretty name

It's a lovely name - give her a nickname unrelated to her name if you really want her to have one.

I like Maura, it reminds me of Rizzoli and Isles.

Lovely name! The only Mauras I know are Irish, has no idea it was Polish.

To be very honest I'd use it as a middle name and pick a name you really want as a first name. All the Mauras I know (all between 55 and 80) are called Mary - Maura is the pet name. I personally find it very old fashioned and not in a granny chic way more in an Assumpta/Concepta /Maureen type way.

I think Maura is a lovely name and wish we were having a girl so could put it on my list!

You may find it's mistaken for Laura a lot...

My granny was called Maura! It's a lovely name. She never had any nicknames at all though. She was always just Maura. I read a Martina Cole book a while ago where the main character is called Maura and she gets called Maws.

I think Maura is a lovely name! It sounds feminine and is short enough not to need a nicknmame. And it has huge meaning to you. Great choice!

I'm Polish and I had no idea such name existed in Poland. Isn't it a nickname? Or did you DMIL change her name when she came over here?

I can confidently it doesnmt look or sound Polish and I've never come across it in RL or in books. Unless I misunderstood the OP..

I always thought Maura was firmly Irish. I would have thought if Polish it'd be pronounced with the first syllable rhyming with cow.

Fwiw the granny I mentioned^^ was Irish.

I can confidently SAY... 🙄

Just googled and it said Gaelic. I really wan to know now, OP 😁