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/

Proper noun

Maria

1. A female given name.
   • 1629 Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), Vol.III, 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. (biblical) Mary.
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. (biblical) Mary.
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

• Common given name in Finland since the Middle Ages. 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. (biblical) Mary.
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. Romanization of 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. (biblical) Mary
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. (biblical) 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 (Miryām).

Proper noun

Maria (genitive Mariae); f, first declension

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

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	Maria	Mariae
genitive	Mariae	Mariārum
dative	Mariae	Mariīs
accusative	Mariam	Mariās
ablative	Mariā	Mariīs
vocative	Maria	Mariae

Descendants

• English: Maria, Mary
• Spanish: María

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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. (biblical) Mary.
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/

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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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. (biblical) Mary.
2. A female given name.

Usage notes

• Traditionally popular as a given name in Sweden, for example, the most common first name of women born in the 1960s. 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.