| Group info: | | Meaning/translation: | maybe bitterness |
| Language of origin: | Hebrew |
| Info about origin: | as the name of Mary, the mother of Jesus, a symbol for pure and deep love |
| | the meaning of the name is disputed; maybe it means bitterness |
| | another possibility is an Egyptian origin with the name derived from mry (beloved) |
| | Maria is the Greek/Latin original form, Mirjam the older Aramaic/Hebrew form |
| | probably the most often used Christian female name |
| Words: | mirjam = the bitterness Aramaic |
| | mry = the beloved Egyptian |
| Topics: | Old Testament |
| Variants' top ranks: | 1:Maria Germany 1998, 1:María Madrid 1998, 1:Marie Germany 2022, 1:Mary England+Wales 1914, 1:Marija Macedonia 2011, 1:Mariana Colombia 2011, 1:Mia Germany First 2015, 1:Maryam India 2020, 1:Mária Hungary 2014, 1:Mía Puerto Rico 2014 |
| Somehow related to: | Mariano/Mariana, Marielena, Marlene |
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| Name variants: All variants, grouped by language of use | | Language | Female Variants | Male Variants |
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| German | Maika, Maike, Maiken, Majken, Maraike, Marei, Mareika, Mareike, Mareile, Maria, Mariana, Mariane, Marie, Marieke, Mariele, Marion, Mariona, Marisa, Marissa, Mascha, Meike, Mieke, Mimi, Mimmi, Miriam, Mirijam, Mirjam, Ria, Riana | |
| French | Manon, Marie, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Meriem, Miriam, Myriam, Myrjam | |
| Spanish | María, Marisa, Marissa, Marita, Maritta, Maritza, Mía | |
| English | Maleah, Maliah, Mamie, Maria, Mariah, Mariam, Marian, Mariel, Mariela, Marilyn, Marion, Marisa, Marissa, Mariyah, Mary, Maureen, May, Miah, Miriam, Miya, Moira, Mollie, Molly, Moyra, Myah, Myriam, Myrjam, Polly, Ria | |
| Swiss German | Mareile | |
| Portuguese | Maria | |
| Scandinavian | Mari, Maria, Mariell, Mia, Mie | |
| Italian | Maria, Mariella, Marietta, Mariola, Marisa, Marissa, Marita, Maritta, Mimi, Mimmi | |
| Dutch | Maaike, Maria, Marijke, Marike, Marja, Marjet, Mirjam | |
| Low German | Maika, Maike, Maiken, Majken, Maraike, Mareika, Mareike, Marieke, Meike, Mieke | |
| Frisian | Maike, Maiken, Majken, Meike | |
| Czech | Marie | |
| Serbo-Croatian | Merjem | |
| Turkish | Meryem | |
| Greek | Maria, Marusha | |
| Bulgarian | Mariyka | |
| Polish | Maria | |
| Arabic | Mariam, Maryam, Meriem, Meryem | |
| Russian | Manja, Marija, Marishka, Mariya, Marja, Marushka, Marya, Mascha, Masha, Monja | |
| Scottish | Mairi, Mhairi, Minnie | |
| Irish | Máire, Máirín | |
| Slovenian | Manca, Marija, Marusa, Masa, Mija | |
| Welsh | Mari | |
| Breton | Maï, Mari | |
| Slavic | Mara | |
| Hungarian | Mari, Mária, Marica, Marika, Mariska | |
| Finnish | Maija, Mari, Marja, Marjatta, Meeri, Mirja | |
| Aramaic | Mirjam | |
| Persian | Maryam | |
| Old Greek | Maria, Mariam | |
| Latin | Maria | |
| Armenian | Mari, Mariam, Mariya, Mery | |
| Hebrew | Mariamne, Mirjam | |
| Georgian | Mariam, Mariami | |
| Hawaii | Malia | |
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| Name variants: 117 female name variants, sorted by name and gender | | Name | Languages of Use |
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| Maaike | Dutch |
| Maï | Breton |
| Maija | Finnish |
| Maika | German, Low German |
| Maike | German, Frisian, Low German |
| Maiken | German, Frisian, Low German |
| Máire | Irish |
| Mairi | Scottish |
| Máirín | Irish |
| Majken | German, Frisian, Low German |
| Maleah | English |
| Malia | Hawaii |
| Maliah | English |
| Mamie | English |
| Manca | Slovenian |
| Manja | Russian |
| Manon | French |
| Mara | Slavic |
| Maraike | German, Low German |
| Marei | German |
| Mareika | German, Low German |
| Mareike | German, Low German |
| Mareile | German, Swiss German |
| Mari | Scandinavian, Hungarian, Breton, Finnish, Welsh |
| Mari | Armenian |
| Maria | Old Greek, Latin |
| Maria | German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Polish |
| María | Spanish |
| Mária | Hungarian |
| Mariah | English |
| Mariam | English, Arabic |
| Mariam | Georgian |
| Mariam | Armenian |
| Mariam | Old Greek |
| Mariami | Georgian |
| Mariamne | Hebrew |
| Marian | English |
| Mariana | German |
| Mariane | German |
| Marica | Hungarian |
| Marie | German, French, Czech |
| Marieke | German, Low German |
| Mariel | English |
| Mariela | English |
| Mariele | German |
| Mariell | Scandinavian |
| Mariella | Italian |
| Marielle | French |
| Marietta | Italian |
| Mariette | French |
| Marija | Slovenian, Russian |
| Marijke | Dutch |
| Marika | Hungarian |
| Marike | Dutch |
| Marilyn | English |
| Mariola | Italian |
| Marion | German, English, French |
| Mariona | German |
| Marisa | German, English, Spanish, Italian |
| Marishka | Russian |
| Mariska | Hungarian |
| Marissa | German, English, Spanish, Italian |
| Marita | Spanish, Italian |
| Maritta | Spanish, Italian |
| Maritza | Spanish |
| Mariya | Russian |
| Mariya | Armenian |
| Mariyah | English |
| Mariyka | Bulgarian |
| Marja | Russian |
| Marja | Dutch, Finnish |
| Marjatta | Finnish |
| Marjet | Dutch |
| Marusa | Slovenian |
| Marusha | Greek |
| Marushka | Russian |
| Mary | English |
| Marya | Russian |
| Maryam | Arabic, Persian |
| Masa | Slovenian |
| Mascha | German, Russian |
| Masha | Russian |
| Maureen | English |
| May | English |
| Meeri | Finnish |
| Meike | German, Frisian, Low German |
| Meriem | French, Arabic |
| Merjem | Serbo-Croatian |
| Mery | Armenian |
| Meryem | Turkish, Arabic |
| Mhairi | Scottish |
| Mia | Scandinavian |
| Mía | Spanish |
| Miah | English |
| Mie | Scandinavian |
| Mieke | German, Low German |
| Mija | Slovenian |
| Mimi | German, Italian |
| Mimmi | German, Italian |
| Minnie | Scottish |
| Miriam | German, English, French |
| Mirijam | German |
| Mirja | Finnish |
| Mirjam | Hebrew, Aramaic |
| Mirjam | German, Dutch |
| Miya | English |
| Moira | English |
| Mollie | English |
| Molly | English |
| Monja | Russian |
| Moyra | English |
| Myah | English |
| Myriam | French, English |
| Myrjam | French, English |
| Polly | English |
| Ria | German, English |
| Riana | German |
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