Maria

See also maria, María, and Mária

English

Etymology 1

From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (Maria), Μαριάμ (Mariam), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). A Latinate variant of the vernacular English Mary.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maˈɹiːa/, /məˈɹaɪə/, /məˈɹiːə/

Proper noun

Maria

1. A female given name.
   • 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 211:

     Yet herein they come short of the monks and friars in their conceits of the word Maria; they have so tossed it and turned it, so anagrammatized and transposed it, that never were five poor letters so worried since time did put them into the alphabet.

   • 1776, Adam Fitz-Adam: The World of Adam Fitz-Adam. Edinburgh, Apollo Press 1776: Numb. 187. Thursday, July 29, 1756:

     By their dresses, their names, and the airs of quality they give themselves, I am rendered ridiculous among all my acquaintance. My wife, who is a very plain good woman, and whose name is Amey, has been new-christened, and is called Amelia; and my little daughter, a child of a year old, is no longer Polly, but Maria.

   • 1957, Arthur Laurents/Stephen Sondheim/Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story: Maria ( a song):

     I've just kissed a girl named Maria, / And suddenly I found how wonderful a sound can be! / Maria! Say it loud and there's music playing - / Say it soft and it's almost like praying

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Maria

1. A Dravidian language spoken in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh provinces in India.

Derived terms

• Abujmaria

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Maria (India), mrr

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Maria

1. A Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Maria (New Guinea), mds

Anagrams

• Amira

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Danish

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (Maria), Μαριάμ (Mariam), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). A Latinate variant of the vernacular Danish Marie.

Proper noun

Maria

1. Mary (Biblical character)
2. A female given name

Related terms

• Maja, Maren, Marianne, Marie, Mary, Maya, Mia, Mie, Rie

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 50 339 females with the given name Maria have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the last frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on March 20th, 2011.

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Estonian

Etymology

From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (Maria), Μαριάμ (Mariam), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). A Latinate variant of Maarja.

Proper noun

Maria

1. A female given name

Related terms

• Maarja, Mai, Maia, Maie, Maila, Malle, Mare, Mari, Marika, Maris, Marje, Marju,Merili, Merilin, Miia

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Finnish

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (Maria), Μαριάμ (Mariam), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈmɑriɑ]
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧a

Proper noun

Maria

1. Mary (Biblical character)
2. A female given name

Declension

Declension of Maria (type kulkija) singular plural nominative Maria Mariat genitive Marian Marioiden Marioitten Mariain1 partitive Mariaa Marioita accusative Maria Marian Mariat inessive Mariassa Marioissa elative Mariasta Marioista illative Mariaan Marioihin adessive Marialla Marioilla ablative Marialta Marioilta allative Marialle Marioille essive Mariana Marioina translative Mariaksi Marioiksi instructive – Marioin abessive Mariatta Marioitta comitative – Marioineen 1) Rare.

Usage notes

• This has been a common given name in Finland since the Middle Ages and is a popular middle name today.

Related terms

• Maaria, Maija, Maiju, Maila, Mari, Marianne, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marja, Marjaana, Marjatta, Marjo, Marjukka, Marjut, Meeri, Meri, Merja, Miia.

Proper noun

Maria

1. Partitive singular form of Mari.

   Rakastan Maria

   I love Mari

Anagrams

• maari, raami, rimaa

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French

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (Maria), Μαριάμ (Mariam), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). A Latinate variant of the vernacular French Marie.

Proper noun

Maria f

1. A female given name

Anagrams

• armai
• ramai

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German

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (Maria), Μαριάμ (Mariam), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maˈʀiːa/

Proper noun

Maria

1. Mary (Biblical character)
2. A female given name

Related terms

• Maike, Maja, Mareike, Maren, Marianne, Marie, Marion, Marlene, Marlies, Maya, Meike, Mia.

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Gothic

Romanization

Maria

1. See 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From the 19th century translation of the Bible into Hawaiian, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (Maria), Μαριάμ (Mariam), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām).

Proper noun

Maria

1. Mary (Biblical character)
2. A female given name used in the 19th century (but possibly pronounced like Malia)

Derived terms

• Malia

References

• Ka Baibala Hemolele
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Maria occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 44 women.

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Italian

Proper noun

Maria f

1. A female given name, cognate to Mary
2. Mary; Miriam

Anagrams

• amari
• armai
• ramai
• ramia
• riama

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαρία (Maria), Μαριάμ (Mariam), from Aramaic מרים (maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (miryám).

Proper noun

Marīa (genitive Marīae); f, first declension

1. A female given name
2. Mary (mother of Jesus)

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	Marīa	Marīae
genitive	Marīae	Marīārum
dative	Marīae	Marīīs
accusative	Marīam	Marīās
ablative	Marīā	Marīīs
vocative	Marīa	Marīae

Descendants

• English: Maria, Mary
• Spanish: María

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Norman

Proper noun

Maria f

1. A female given name.

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (Maria), Μαριάμ (Mariam), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). Recorded as a given name in Norway since the Middle Ages.

Proper noun

Maria

1. Mary (Biblical character)
2. A female given name

Related terms

• Maja, Maren, Mari, Mariann, Marianne, Marie, Mary, May, Mia

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 16 621 females with the given name Maria living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with frequency peaks the 1990s and the 2000s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmarja/

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Proper noun

Maria f

1. A female given name, cognate to Mary

Declension

    declension of Maria

	singular	plural
nominative	Maria	Marie
genitive	Marii	Marii
dative	Marii	Mariom
accusative	Marię	Marie
instrumental	Marią	Mariami
locative	Marii	Mariach
vocative	Mario	Marie

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Maria.

Proper noun

Maria f

1. A female given name, cognate to the English name Mary.

Derived terms

• Virgem Maria

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (Maria), Μαριάμ (Mariam), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). First recorded in Sweden in 1344.

Proper noun

Maria

1. Mary (Biblical character)
2. A female given name

Usage notes

• Traditionally popular as a given name in Sweden, Maria was (for example) the most common first name of women born in the 1960s. It is also a popular middle name.

Related terms

• Maj, Maja, Majken, Mari, Mariana, Mariann, Marianne, Marie, Marita, Marlene, Mary, May, Mia, Moa

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [3] Statistiska centralbyrån: 444 914 females with the given name Maria living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on March 29th, 2011.