Meaning & History
Dutch diminutive of Maria.
Related Names
VariantsMaaike, Marieke, Mariëlle, Mariëtte, Marijke, Marike, Mariska, Marita, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Mies, Ria
DiminutiveJet
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) Maleah, Malia, Maliyah, Maria, Marie, Mary, Maura, Miriam, Moira, Mae, Mamie, Maree, Mariah, Marian, Marinda, Marion, Maureen, May, Mayme, Merrion, Mia, Mimi, Molly, Mora (English) Mariel (English (American)) 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)
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Entry updated July 1, 2008