Updated June 9, 2019

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • Hebrew : Bitter; the star of the sea
  • Latin : Full of grace

Girl name variations

Maria

Maria

+ 9% this year
Feminine
Common
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Mary

Mary

0 % this year
Feminine
Common
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Marya

Marya

- 29% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Mariah

Mariah

- 3% this year
Feminine
Uncommon
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Marie

Marie

- 1% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Malia

Malia

- 2% this year
Feminine
Common
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Ri

Ri

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Maricel

Maricel

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Maricelle

Maricelle

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Marcella

Marcella

- 12% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Latin : The sea

How Popular Is The Name Mar

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, Asturian-Leonese, and Catalan : topographic name for someone living by the sea, from mar ‘sea’ (Latin mare).
  • German : nickname from Middle High German mar(w) ‘tender’, ‘delicate’.
  • Hungarian (Már) : from a short form of the personal name Márkus or Márk, Hungarian forms of Marcus and Mark; or possibly from the personal name Márton, Hungarian form of Martin.
  • Chinese : variant of Ma.