# Mariana (given name)

Mariana is a feminine given name of Latin origin. The masculine equivalent is Marianus, which is derived from Marius. Marianus became Mariano in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.

## Nobles

* Mariana of Austria (1634–1696), Queen consort of Spain
* Marianna Lubomirska (1693–1729), Polish noble
* Mariana Koskull (1785–1841), Swedish noble
* Mariana Victoria of Spain (1718–1781), Queen of Portugal
* Infanta Mariana Francisca of Portugal (1736–1813), daughter of King Joseph I of Portugal
* Infanta Mariana Vitória of Portugal (1768–1788), daughter of Queen Maria I of Portugal and King Peter III of Portugal

## Writers

* Mariana Codruț (born 1956), Romanian poet, writer and journalist
* Mariana Frenk-Westheim (1898–2004), German-Mexican writer and translator
* Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (1851–1931), American author
* Mariana Starke (c. 1761–1831), English author
* Juan de Mariana (1536–1624), Spanish Jesuit and historian

## Entertainers

* Mariana Aydar (born 1980), Brazilian singer
* Mariana Čengel Solčanská (born 1978), Slovak director
* Marianna Efstratiou (born 1962), Greek singer
* Mariana Levy (1966–2005), Mexican actress, singer, and television host
* Mariana Molina (born 1990), Brazilian actress
* Mariana Nicolescu (1948–2022), Romanian opera singer
* Mariana Ochoa (born 1979), Mexican singer and actress
* Mariana Popova (born 1978), Bulgarian singer
* Mariana Renata (born 1983), Indonesian actress
* Mariana Seoane (born 1976), Mexican actress, model, and singer
* Mariana Sîrbu (died 2023), Romanian violinist
* Mariana Todorova (born 1974), Bulgarian violinist
* Mariana Varela (born 1996), Miss Universe Argentina 2019 and Miss Grand Argentina 2020
* Mariana Ximenes (born 1981), Brazilian actress

## Athletes

* Mariana Avitia (born 1993), Mexican archer
* Mariana Chirila (born 1964), Romanian distance runner
* Mariana Constantin (born 1960), Romanian artistic gymnast
* Mariana Díaz Oliva (born 1976), Argentinian tennis player
* Mariana Henriques (born 1994), Angolan swimmer
* Mariana Ohata (born 1978), Brazilian athlete
* Mariana Pajón (born 1991), Colombian cyclist
* Mariana Roriz (born 1980), Brazilian water polo player
* Mariana Simeanu (born 1964), Romanian middle-distance runner
* Mariana Simionescu (born 1956), Romanian tennis player
* Mariana Solomon (born 1980), Romanian triple jumper
* Mariana Zúñiga (born 2002), Chilean Paralympic archer

## Other people

* Mariana Becker (born early 1970s), Brazilian sports journalist and television reporter
* Mariana Bracetti (1825–1903), leader of the Puerto Rico independence movement
* Mariana Wright Chapman (1843-1907), American social reformer, suffragist
* Mariana Drăgescu (1912–2013), Romanian military aviator during World War II
* Mariana J. Kaplan, Mexican-American rheumatologist and physician-scientist
* Marianna Knottenbelt (born 1949), Dutch-Canadian photographer, architect and real-estate developer
* Mariana Kotzeva (born 1967), Bulgarian statistician and econometrician
* Mariana Loya (born 1979), American beauty queen
* Mariana Mazzucato, born June 16, 1968) Italian economist
* Mariana Pfaelzer (1926–2015), United States federal judge
* Mariana de Pineda Muñoz (1804–1831), martyr of Spanish liberalism
* Marianna Pineda (1925–1996), American sculptor
* Mariana Wolfner, American molecular biologist and geneticist