Meaning & History
Variant of Maria. It is usually pronounced in a way that reflects an older English pronunciation of Maria. The name was popularized in the early 1990s by the American singer Mariah Carey (1970-).
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesMarietjie (Afrikaans) Marie (Albanian) Mariam, Maryam (Arabic) Mariem, Meriem (Arabic (Maghrebi)) Mari, Maria, Mariam, Meri, Marieta (Armenian) Məryəm (Azerbaijani) Märyäm, Maryam (Bashkir) Maria, Miren, Maddi, Maia (Basque) Mariya, Maryia (Belarusian) Mary, Miriam (Biblical) Maria, Mariam (Biblical Greek) Miryam (Biblical Hebrew) Maria (Biblical Latin) Merjem, Merjema (Bosnian) Mari, Mai (Breton) Maria, Mariya, Mariela, Marieta, Mariyka (Bulgarian) Maria, Mariona, Ona (Catalan) Maria (Corsican) Marija, Maja, Mara, Mare, Marica, Marijeta, Mia (Croatian) Marie, Miriam, Maja, Marika (Czech) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Majken, Maren, Mia, Mie (Danish) Mariyam (Dhivehi) Maria, Marie, Marjo, Mirjam, Jet, Maaike, Manon, Marieke, Mariëlle, Mariëtte, Marije, Marijke, Marijse, Marike, Marion, Mariska, Marita, Marja, Marjon, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria (Dutch) Maarja, Mari, Maria, Mirjam, Maarika, Mai, Maia, Maie, Mall, Malle, Mare, Marika, Maris, Marje, Marju (Estonian) Maria (Faroese) Mere, Miriama (Fijian) Maaria, Maria, Marja, Marjo, Meeri, Mirjam, Mirjami, Maarika, Maija, Maila, Mari, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marje, Marjukka, Marjut, Miia, Mirja, Mirka (Finnish) Marie, Myriam, Manon, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise, Maryse (French) Maria, Maike, Mareike (Frisian) María, Maruxa (Galician) Mari, Mariam, Meri (Georgian) Malia, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam, Maike, Maja, Malea, Mareike, Mariele, Marietta, Marika, Marion, Marita, Meike, Mia, Mitzi, Ria (German) Maria, Meri, Marieta, Marietta, Marika (Greek) Maryamu (Hausa) Malia (Hawaiian) Miriam, Miryam, Miri (Hebrew) Mariamne (History) Mária, Maja, Mara, Mari, Marica, Marietta, Marika, Mariska (Hungarian) María, Mæja (Icelandic) Maryam (Indonesian) Máire, Maura, Moira, Moyra, Muire, Máirín, Maureen (Irish) Maria, Miriam, Marica, Mariella, Marietta, Marika, Mia, Miriana (Italian) Märiyam (Kazakh) Maija, Marija, Māra, Mārīte (Latvian) Marija, Marytė (Lithuanian) Marija, Maja, Mara, Mare (Macedonian) Mariam (Malay) Marija (Maltese) Moirrey, Voirrey (Manx) Malle, Molle (Medieval English) Mere, Miriama (Māori) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Maren, Mia, Mie (Norwegian) Maria (Occitan) Maryam (Persian) Maria, Miriam, Maja, Marietta, Marika, Mariola, Maryla, Marysia, Marzena (Polish) Maria, Miriam, Mariana, Mariane, Mariazinha (Portuguese) Maryam (Quranic) Maria, Maricica, Marieta, Marioara (Romanian) Maria, Mariia, Mariya, Manya, Marusya, Marya, Masha, Miya (Russian) Márjá (Sami) Mele (Samoan) Maria (Sardinian) Mhairi, Moira, Moyra (Scottish) Màiri, Moire (Scottish Gaelic) Marija, Maja, Mara, Marica (Serbian) Mária, Miriam, Maja, Marika, Miriama (Slovak) Marija, Mirjam, Maja, Manca, Manja, Mare, Marica, Maruša, Mia, Mija (Slovene) Maryan (Somali) Marja (Sorbian) María, Míriam, Mariela, Marieta, Marita, Mía, Mirian, Miryam (Spanish) Marely, Maritza, Mariel (Spanish (Latin American)) Mariel (Spanish (Philippines)) Mariamu (Swahili) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Maj, Maja, Majken, Marika, Mia, My (Swedish) Märyam, Maryam (Tatar) Mele (Tongan) Meryem (Turkish) Maria, Mariia, Mariya, Mariyka, Marusya (Ukrainian) Mariyam, Maryam (Urdu) Meryem (Uyghur) Mareye (Walloon) Mair, Mari (Welsh) Mariama (Western African)
Popularity
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Entry updated October 11, 2012