Máel Muire
Máel Muire or Máelmuire or Maolmhuire is an Irish unisex name meaning "devotee of Mary". It was often Anglicized as Miles, Miler, Milo, or Myles.[1][2]
Notable people with the name include:
Men
- Máel Muire (bishop of the Scots), possible 10th-century bishop of Cennrígmonaid, modern-day St Andrews
- Máel Muire mac Céilechair (died 1106), Irish cleric and scribe at the monastery of Clonmacnoise
- Máel Muire, Earl of Atholl, early 12th century Scot ruler
- Maolmhuire Mag Raith (c. 1523 – 1622), Irish prelate also known by the Anglicized name Miler or Miles Magrath
Women
- Máel Muire ingen Cináeda, daughter of Kenneth MacAlpin and wife of two Irish kings, died 913
- Máel Muire ingen Neill, died 966
- Máel Muire bean Flainn, fl. late 9th century
- Máel Muire ingen Amlaíb, Queen of Ireland, died 1021
References
- ^ Evans, Cleveland Kent (9 November 2023). "Cleveland Evans: Spider, 'servant' or Standish, Miles' popularity defies time". omaha.com. Omaha World Herald. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ Evans, Cleveland Kent (23 March 2025). "Milo regaining popularity thanks to imaginative story and TV stardom". omaha.com. Omaha World Herald. Retrieved 23 March 2025.