It's an anglicized spelling of Máire (Mary).
Some names do not have an Irish Gaelic version; Lauriedoesn't but Marie is the French version of the Irish Gaelic "Máire" [maura/moyra].
Maura Vespini's birth name is Maura Cacchi.
Maura Tierney's birth name is Maura Lynn Tierney.
Maura West's birth name is Maura Jo Snyder.
Maura Anderson's birth name is Maura Anderson Hentz.
Maura Antas's birth name is Maura Locke Antas.
Carmen Maura's birth name is Carmen Garca Maura.
Maura Hooper's birth name is Maura Grace Hooper.
Maura McGiveney's birth name is Mary McGiveney.
Maura Horan (:
Bobby does but Maura doesn't.
Maura Laverty has written: 'Kind cooking' 'Touched by the thorn' 'Full and plenty' 'Never No More' 'Never no more' -- subject(s): Country life, Fiction, Teenage girls 'Maura Laverty's cookbook' -- subject(s): Cookery, Cooking 'Touched by the thorn, a novel' 'Maura Leverty's Full & Plenty' 'Liffey lane' 'Feasting galore Irish-style' -- subject(s): Irish Cookery