Maria
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). Doublet of Mary, Marie, and Miriam.
Pronunciation edit
- (usually) IPA(key): /məˈɹiːə/
- (also especially the variant "Mariah") IPA(key): /məˈɹaɪə/
- Rhymes: -iːə, -aɪə
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun edit
Maria
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- 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, “Maria”, in Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), Leonard Bernstein (music), West Side Story:
- 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
- 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 211:
- Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in Latin, Spanish, etc. contexts.
- A surname originating as a matronymic.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to 2024, “national data”, in Popular Baby Names[1] (dataset names.zip), US Social Security Administration, archived from the original on 2024-3-10:, Maria is the 91th most common female given name for US births in 2022. According to the 2010 United States Census, Maria is the 7395th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4500 individuals. Maria is most common among Hispanic/Latino (58.20%) and White (31.93%) individuals.
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Maria
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- ISO 639-3 code mrr (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Maria (India), mrr
Etymology 3 edit
Proper noun edit
Maria
- A Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Further reading edit
- ISO 639-3 code mds (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Maria (New Guinea), mds
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maria f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Mary
- Mary (biblical character)
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Maria
- a female given name from Hebrew
- the Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ.
- (biblical) any of several other women in the New Testament, notably Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha
- A municipality of Siquijor
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Maria.
Cimbrian edit
Proper noun edit
Maria f
- (Luserna) a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Mary
- Moi muatar khinnt vodar Tetsch, si hoazt Maria.
- My mother is from Tezze sul Brenta, her name is Maria.
References edit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). A Latinate variant of the vernacular Danish Marie.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maria
- Mary (Biblical character)
- a female given name
Related terms edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Maria, prop.", Udtaleordbog.dk, retrieved 23 July 2022.
- [2] 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.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgate Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maria
- Mary (Biblical character, mother of Jesus)
- Mary (Biblical character, Mary Magdalene)
- a female given name from Hebrew. Variants include Maaike, Marie, Marieke, Marijke, Marije, Mieke, Mie, and numerous others
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). A Latinate variant of Maarja.
Proper noun edit
Maria
- a female given name
Related terms edit
Faroese edit
Proper noun edit
Maria
- a female given name
- (biblical) Mary
Usage notes edit
Matronymics
- son of Maria: Mariuson
- daughter of Maria: Mariudóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Maria |
Accusative | Mariu |
Dative | Mariu |
Genitive | Mariu |
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Vulgate Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to Biblical Hebrew מרים (Miryām).
Proper noun edit
Maria
- Mary (Biblical character)
- 1548, Se Wsi Testamenti, Matt.1:18:
- IESUSEN CHRISTUSEN syndymys/ nein oli. Cosca Maria hene’ eitens oli Josephijn kihlattu enne’ quin hen weij sen cotians leuttin hen oleua raskas pyheste Hengest.
- Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
- a female given name
- 1983, Eva Illoinen, Ovi pimeään, Tammi, →ISBN, page 155:
- Sirkku oli kovin väärä nimi. Mikä vahinko, etteivät ihmiset voineet etukäteen tietää miltä heidän lapsensa tulevat näyttämään ja sitten antoivat niille ihan vääriä nimiä. Maria sen olisi pitänyt, Maria tämä oli, kapeat kasvot ja tumma tukka, ei mikään Sirkku voinut näyttää tuollaiselta.
- Sirkku wasn't quite the right name. Such a shame it is that people couldn't foresee what their children would look like to prevent giving them names that are completely wrong. She should have been a Maria. Definitely a Maria, narrow face and dark hair, no Sirkku would look anything like that.
- 1998, Leena Lehtolainen, Tuulen puolella, Tammi, →ISBN, page 321:
- Olin lapsena harmitellut nimeäni, jota silloin ei ollut muilla kuin mummoilla ja lahkolaisperheiden jälkeläisillä. Yläasteella minua oli piikitelty Neitsyt Mariaksi, vaikka raju ja poikamainen käytökseni oli kaikkea muuta kuin neitseellistä. Olin usein ihmetellyt miksi agnostikkovanhempani olivat valinneet niin vahvasti kristillisyyteen liittyvän nimen. He väittivät sen johtuvan vain siitä, että molempien isoäitieni nimi oli ollut Maria.
- As a child, I had regretted my name that only grandmas and children in sectarian families used to have back then. In junior high I had been mocked as a "Virgin Mary", even though my rough and boyish behavior was anything but virginal. I often wondered why my agnostic parents gave me a name so heavily associated with Christianity. They just said it was because both of my grandmothers had also been called Maria.
- (colloquial) Synonym of Marianpäivä
- mitä Mariana katolla, sitä vappuna vaolla ― the weather at the end of March bodes the weather when May begins (literally, “what you have on the roof on St Mary's (day), you will have on the furrows on May Day / you will have as much snow on the fields on May Day as you had on your roof on Lady Day”)
Usage notes edit
- This has been a common given name in Finland since the Middle Ages and is a popular middle name today.
Declension edit
Inflection of Maria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Maria | Mariat | ||
genitive | Marian | Marioiden Marioitten | ||
partitive | Mariaa | Marioita | ||
illative | Mariaan | Marioihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Maria | Mariat | ||
accusative | nom. | Maria | Mariat | |
gen. | Marian | |||
genitive | Marian | Marioiden Marioitten Mariainrare | ||
partitive | Mariaa | Marioita | ||
inessive | Mariassa | Marioissa | ||
elative | Mariasta | Marioista | ||
illative | Mariaan | Marioihin | ||
adessive | Marialla | Marioilla | ||
ablative | Marialta | Marioilta | ||
allative | Marialle | Marioille | ||
essive | Mariana | Marioina | ||
translative | Mariaksi | Marioiksi | ||
abessive | Mariatta | Marioitta | ||
instructive | — | Marioin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms edit
- Maaria, Maija, Maiju, Maikki, Maila, Malla, Mari, Marianne, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marja, Marjaana, Marjatta, Marjo, Marjukka, Marjut, Meeri, Meri, Merja, Miia
Statistics edit
- Maria is the 26th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 20,160 female individuals (and as a middle name to 179,143 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 53 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Maria
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgate Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). A Latinate variant of the vernacular French Marie.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maria f
- a female given name
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgate Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maria f (proper noun, genitive Marias or (usually only with the Virgin Mary) Mariens or (in fixed Catholic expressions) Mariä, plural Marias)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Mary
Usage notes edit
- The genitive form Mariä is restricted to Catholic contexts, and chiefly to the Virgin Mary. It is now very rare outside of fixed terms like Mariä Verkündigung (“Feast of the Annunciation”). In contemporary German, the genitive Mariens is also widely restricted to the Virgin, while the only form commonly used for other persons is Marias.
- In historic texts the name is often declined as in Latin. See Marīa.
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Proper noun edit
Maria m (proper noun, strong, genitive Marias, plural Marias)
- a male given name, used as a middle name, chiefly by Catholics
Declension edit
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
From the 19th century translation of the Bible into Hawaiian, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maria
- Mary (Biblical character).
- 2012 Baibala Hemolele, Mataio 1:18 (tr. KJV Matthew 1:18):
- Penei hoʻi ka hānau ʻana o Iesū Kristo: I hoʻopalau ʻē ʻia kona makuwahine ʻo Maria na Iosepa, ʻaʻole naʻe lāua i pili, a ʻikea ʻo ia, ua hāpai na ka ʻUhane Hemolele.
- Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
- 2012 Baibala Hemolele, Mataio 1:18 (tr. KJV Matthew 1:18):
- a female given name originating from the Bible, of 19th century usage (but possibly pronounced like Malia)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Ka Baibala Hemolele
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Maria occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 44 women.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgate Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). Doublet of Maryam.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maria
- Mary (Biblical character, mother of Jesus)
- Mary (Biblical character, Mary Magdalene)
- a female given name from Hebrew.
Further reading edit
- “Maria” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ia
Proper noun edit
Maria f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Mary
- Mary; Miriam (biblical figures)
Noun edit
Maria f (invariable)
Synonyms edit
- Maria Giovanna (from marijuana)
Usage notes edit
- Variably causes syntactic doubling in the phrase Ave Maria 'Hail Mary': /ave(m)‿maria/.
Anagrams edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
Maria
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Μαρίᾱ (Maríā), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (maryām), corresponding to the Biblical Hebrew מרים (miryám).
Pronunciation edit
- Marīa: (Classical) IPA(key): /maˈriː.a/, [mäˈriːä]
- Marīa: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈri.a/, [mäˈriːä]
- Mariā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈma.ri.aː/, [ˈmäriäː]
- Mariā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.ri.a/, [ˈmäːriä]
- Note: attested as Mariā, as in Ancient Greek, in early Christian poets, but commonly Marīa from the 6th century onwards (see quotations).
Proper noun edit
Marīa f (genitive Marīae); first declension
- a female given name
- Mary (mother of Jesus)
- 4th c., Prudentius, Dittochaeon 99-100:
- "Sanctus tē spīritus", inquit,
"Inplēbit, Mariā. Christum pariēs, sacra virgō."- "The Holy spirit", he said, "will fill you, Mary. You shall bear Christ, O holy virgin."
- "Sanctus tē spīritus", inquit,
- 6th c., Venantius Fortunatus, Carmina 8.3:
- Inde Deī genetrīx pia Virgŏ Marīa coruscat
virgineōque agnī dē grege dūcit ovēs.- Hence, the mother of God, the pious Virgin Mary, quivers, and leads the lambs of the virgineal flock of Jesus.
- Inde Deī genetrīx pia Virgŏ Marīa coruscat
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | Marīa | Marīae |
Genitive | Marīae | Marīārum |
Dative | Marīae | Marīīs |
Accusative | Marīam | Marīās |
Ablative | Marīā | Marīīs |
Vocative | Marīa | Marīae |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Borrowings
- → Afrikaans: Maria
- → Albanian: Mari, Mëri, Mrikë
- → Basque: Maria, Miren
- → Breton: Mari
- → Czech: Marie
- → Danish: Maria, Marie
- → Dutch: Maria, Marja, Marjo
- → English: Maria
- → Estonian: Maarja, Mari, Maria
- → Faroese: Maria, Marja
- → Finnish: Maaria, Maria, Marjo, Marja
- → French: Maria
- → Georgian: მარია (maria)
- → German: Marie, Maria
- → Greenlandic: Maaria
- → Hawaiian: Malia
- → Hungarian: Mária
- → Icelandic: María
- → Irish: Máire
- → Latvian: Marija
- → Lithuanian: Marija
- → Norman: Maria
- → Norwegian: Maria, Marie
- → Old Irish: Maire
- → Old Saxon: Maria
- → Lower Sorbian: Marja
- → Upper Sorbian: Marja
- → Romanian: Maria
- → Scottish Gaelic: Màiri
- → Swedish: Maria, Marja
- → Welsh: Mair, Mari
- → West Frisian: Maria
References edit
- “Maria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Norman edit
Proper noun edit
Maria f
- a female given name
Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). Recorded as a given name in Norway since the Middle Ages.
Proper noun edit
Maria
- Mary (Biblical character)
- a female given name
Derived terms edit
- jomfru Maria (Bokmål), jomfru Maria (Nynorsk)
Related terms edit
References edit
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Marīa f
Declension edit
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | Marīa | — |
accusative | Marīan | — |
genitive | Marīan | — |
dative | Marīan | — |
Old Saxon edit
Proper noun edit
Maria
- (biblical) Mary.
- a female given name
Declension edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin Marīa. Doublet of Maryja.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maria f (diminutive Marysia or Marynia, augmentative Marycha)
- a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Aramaic], equivalent to English Mary
- (biblical, Christianity, dated) Mary (mother of Jesus)
- Synonym: Maryja
- 170 Maria (main belt asteroid)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- Maria in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese Maria, from Latin Marīa, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). Doublet of Miriam.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -iɐ
- Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧a
Proper noun edit
Maria f (plural Marias)
- (biblical) Mary (mother of Jesus)
- Synonyms: Virgem Maria, Virgem, Santa Maria, Nossa Senhora
- a female given name, equivalent to English Mary
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Malay: Maria
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Maria f (genitive/dative Mariei)
- Mary (Biblical character)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Mary
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām). First recorded in Sweden in 1344.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maria c (genitive Marias)
- Mary (Biblical character)
- a female given name
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
References edit
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
- Ma. — abbreviation
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish María, from Latin Maria.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧a
Proper noun edit
Maria (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜒᜌ)
- (biblical) Mary
- a female given name from Spanish
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “Maria”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Vietnamese edit
Proper noun edit
Maria
Walloon edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maria
- a female given name, equivalent to English Mary
Yoruba edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Màríà
- (biblical) Mary
- a female given name from English