# Maria
## English
### Etymology 1

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

* (usually) IPA: /məˈɹiːə/
* (also especially the variant "Mariah") IPA: /məˈɹaɪə/
* Rhymes: -iːə, -aɪə
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### Proper noun

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
* Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in Latin, Spanish, etc. contexts.
* A surname originating as a matronymic.

##### Derived terms

* Maria Clara gown
* Sta. Maria
* Villa Maria Clara

##### Statistics

* According to 2024, “national data”, in Popular Baby Names‎ (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
#### Proper noun

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

##### Derived terms

* Abujmaria

#### Further reading

* ISO 639-3 code mrr (SIL)
* Ethnologue entry for Maria (India), mrr ⁠

### Etymology 3
#### Proper noun

Maria
* A Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

#### Further reading

* ISO 639-3 code mds (SIL)
* Ethnologue entry for Maria (New Guinea), mds ⁠

### Anagrams

* ARIMA, Amari, Amira, amari, amira, marai, miraa

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [məˈɾi.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [maˈɾi.a]

### Proper noun

Maria f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Mary
* Mary (biblical character)

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish María.

### Proper noun

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

## Cimbrian
### Proper noun

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

* 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
### Etymology

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

* IPA: /mɑˈʁiːæ/
* IPA: /mɑˈʁeːæ/
* IPA: /mɑˈʁiˀæ/
* IPA: /mɑˈʁeˀæ/

### Proper noun

Maria
* Mary (Biblical character)
* a female given name

#### Related terms

* Maja
* Maren
* Marianne
* Marie
* Mary
* Maya
* Mia
* Mie
* Rie

### References

* 1 2 3 4 "Maria, prop.", Udtaleordbog.dk, retrieved 23 July 2022.
* 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
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maːˈri.(j)aː/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Maria
* Mary (Biblical character, mother of Jesus)
* Mary (Biblical character, Mary Magdalene)
* a female given name from Hebrew; variant forms Maaike, Marie, Marieke, Marijke, Marije, Mieke, Mie

#### Related terms

* Mirjam

#### Descendants

* Negerhollands: Maria, Marie

## Estonian
### Etymology

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

Maria
* a female given name

#### Related terms

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

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Maria
* a female given name
* (biblical) Mary

#### Usage notes

Matronymics
* son of Maria: Mariuson
* daughter of Maria: Mariudóttir

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑriɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝riɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑriɑ
* Hyphenation: Ma‧ria

### Etymology 1

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

#### Proper noun

Maria
* Mary (Biblical character)
** 1548, Mikael Agricola, transl., Se Wsi Testamenti [The New Testament], Stockholm, Pyhen Mattheusen Euangelium (Matthew) 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.[JESUSEN KRISTUKSEN syntymys, näin oli. Koska Maria hänen äitins oli Josefin kihlattu enne’ kuin hän vei sen kotians löyettiin hän oleva raskas pyhästä 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

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

##### Declension

Possessive forms of Maria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Mariani
Mariani
accusative
nom.
Mariani
Mariani
gen.
Mariani
genitive
Mariani
Marioideni Marioitteni Mariaini $^{rare}$
partitive
Mariaani
Marioitani
inessive
Mariassani
Marioissani
elative
Mariastani
Marioistani
illative
Mariaani
Marioihini
adessive
Mariallani
Marioillani
ablative
Marialtani
Marioiltani
allative
Marialleni
Marioilleni
essive
Marianani
Marioinani
translative
Mariakseni
Marioikseni
abessive
Mariattani
Marioittani
instructive
comitative
—Marioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Mariasi
Mariasi
accusative
nom.
Mariasi
Mariasi
gen.
Mariasi
genitive
Mariasi
Marioidesi Marioittesi Mariaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Mariaasi
Marioitasi
inessive
Mariassasi
Marioissasi
elative
Mariastasi
Marioistasi
illative
Mariaasi
Marioihisi
adessive
Mariallasi
Marioillasi
ablative
Marialtasi
Marioiltasi
allative
Mariallesi
Marioillesi
essive
Marianasi
Marioinasi
translative
Mariaksesi
Marioiksesi
abessive
Mariattasi
Marioittasi
instructive
comitative
—Marioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Mariamme
Mariamme
accusative
nom.
Mariamme
Mariamme
gen.
Mariamme
genitive
Mariamme
Marioidemme Marioittemme Mariaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Mariaamme
Marioitamme
inessive
Mariassamme
Marioissamme
elative
Mariastamme
Marioistamme
illative
Mariaamme
Marioihimme
adessive
Mariallamme
Marioillamme
ablative
Marialtamme
Marioiltamme
allative
Mariallemme
Marioillemme
essive
Marianamme
Marioinamme
translative
Mariaksemme
Marioiksemme
abessive
Mariattamme
Marioittamme
instructive
comitative
—Marioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Marianne
Marianne
accusative
nom.
Marianne
Marianne
gen.
Marianne
genitive
Marianne
Marioidenne Marioittenne Mariainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Mariaanne
Marioitanne
inessive
Mariassanne
Marioissanne
elative
Mariastanne
Marioistanne
illative
Mariaanne
Marioihinne
adessive
Mariallanne
Marioillanne
ablative
Marialtanne
Marioiltanne
allative
Mariallenne
Marioillenne
essive
Mariananne
Marioinanne
translative
Mariaksenne
Marioiksenne
abessive
Mariattanne
Marioittanne
instructive
comitative
—Marioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Mariansa
Mariansa
accusative
nom.
Mariansa
Mariansa
gen.
Mariansa
genitive
Mariansa
Marioidensa Marioittensa Mariainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Mariaansa
Marioitaan Marioitansa
inessive
Mariassaan Mariassansa
Marioissaan Marioissansa
elative
Mariastaan Mariastansa
Marioistaan Marioistansa
illative
Mariaansa
Marioihinsa
adessive
Mariallaan Mariallansa
Marioillaan Marioillansa
ablative
Marialtaan Marialtansa
Marioiltaan Marioiltansa
allative
Marialleen Mariallensa
Marioilleen Marioillensa
essive
Marianaan Marianansa
Marioinaan Marioinansa
translative
Mariakseen Mariaksensa
Marioikseen Marioiksensa
abessive
Mariattaan Mariattansa
Marioittaan Marioittansa
instructive
comitative
—Marioineen Marioinensa :

##### Derived terms

* Anna-Maria
* Anne-Maria
* marianpäivä
* Marianpäivä

##### Related terms

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

##### Statistics

* 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
#### Proper noun

Maria
* partitive singular of Mari
    Rakastan Maria.I love Mari.

### Anagrams

* armia, maari, raami, rimaa

## French
### Etymology

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

* IPA: /ma.ʁja/

### Proper noun

Maria f
* a female given name

### Anagrams

* armai
* ramai

## German
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈʁiːa/
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Audio (Germany):(file)
* Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧a

### Proper noun

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

* 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

$^1$Usually only with the Virgin Mary. $^2$In fixed Catholic expressions.

#### Derived terms

* marianisch
* Marien-

#### Related terms

* Maike
* Maja
* Mareike
* Maren
* Marianne
* Marie
* Marion
* Marlene
* Marlies
* Maya
* Meike
* Mia

### Proper noun

Maria m (proper noun, strong, genitive Marias, plural Marias)
* a male given name, used as a middle name, chiefly by Catholics

#### Declension
## Hawaiian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈli.a/, [məˈli.jə]

### Proper noun

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.
* a female given name originating from the Bible, of 19th century usage (but possibly pronounced like Malia)

#### Descendants

* ⇒ Hawaiian: Malia
** → English: 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.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

* IPA: /ma.ˈri.a/
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧a

### Proper noun

Maria
* Mary (Biblical character, mother of Jesus)
* Mary (Biblical character, Mary Magdalene)
* a female given name from Hebrew

### Further reading

* “Maria” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈri.a/
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: Ma‧rì‧a

### Proper noun

Maria f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Mary
* Mary; Miriam (biblical figures)

### Noun

Maria f (invariable)
* (informal) cannabis, marijuana

#### Synonyms

* Maria Giovanna (from marijuana)

### Usage notes

* Variably causes syntactic doubling in the phrase Ave Maria 'Hail Mary': /ave(m)‿maria/.

### Anagrams

* Maira, amari, armai, ramai, ramia, riama

## Japanese
### Romanization

Maria
* Rōmaji transcription of マリア

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαρίᾱ (Maríā), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (maryām), corresponding to the Biblical Hebrew מרים (miryám).

### Pronunciation

* Marīa: (Classical Latin) IPA: /maˈriː.a/, [mäˈriːä]
* Marīa: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /maˈri.a/, [mäˈriːä]
* Mariā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈma.ri.aː/, [ˈmäriäː]
* Mariā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /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

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."
** 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.

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* Avē Marīa

#### Descendants

* Old Lombard: Maria
** Lombard: Marìa
* Italo-Dalmatian
** Corsican: Maria
** Italian: Maria
** Sicilian: Mària, Marìa
* Old French: Marie (see there for further descendants)
** French: Marie
** Norman: Marie
** Walloon: Mareye
* Old Occitan:
** Catalan: Maria
** Occitan: Maria
* Sardinian: Maria
* West Iberian
** Old Leonese:
*** Asturian: María
*** Mirandese: Marie
** Old Galician-Portuguese: Maria
*** Galician: María
*** Portuguese: Maria
** Spanish: María

##### Borrowings

* → Afrikaans: Maria
* → Albanian: Mari, Mëri, Mrikë
* → Basque: Maria, Miren
* → Breton: Mari
* → Czech: Marie
* → Danish: Maria, Marie
** → Greenlandic: Maaria, Maalia
* → Dutch: Maria, Marja, Marjo
* → English: Maria
* → Estonian: Maarja, Mari, Maria
* → Faroese: Maria, Marja
* → Finnish: Maaria, Maria, Marjo, Marja
** → Northern Sami: Márjá, Máddjá
* → French: Maria
* → Georgian: მარია (maria)
* → German: Marie, Maria
* → Greenlandic: Maaria
* → Hawaiian: Malia
* → Hungarian: Mária
* → Icelandic: María
* → Irish: Máire
** → English: Maire, Moira, Maura
* → Latvian: Marija
* → Lithuanian: Marija
* → Norman: Maria
* → Norwegian: Maria, Marie
* → Old Irish: Maire
** Irish: Muire
** Manx: Moirrey, Voirrey
** Scottish Gaelic: Moire
* → Old Saxon: Maria
* → Lower Sorbian: Marja
* → Upper Sorbian: Marja
* → Romanian: Maria
* → Scottish Gaelic: Màiri
* → Swedish: Maria, Marja
* → Welsh: Mair, Mari
* → West Frisian: Maria

### References

* “Maria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

## Norman
### Proper noun

Maria f
* a female given name

## Norwegian
### Etymology

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

Maria
* Mary (Biblical character)
* a female given name

#### Derived terms

* jomfru Maria (Bokmål), jomfru Maria (Nynorsk)

#### Related terms

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

### References

* Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
* 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.

## Old English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑˌriː.ɑ/

### Proper noun

Marīa f
* Mary

#### Declension

Weak:

## Old Saxon
### Proper noun

Maria
* (biblical) Mary.
* a female given name

#### Declension
## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Marīa. Doublet of Maryja.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.rja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -arja
* Syllabification: Ma‧ria

### Proper noun

Maria f (diminutive Marysia or Marynia or Mania, augmentative Marycha)
* (countable) a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Aramaic], equivalent to English Mary
* (uncountable, biblical, Christianity, dated) Mary (mother of Jesus)
    Synonym: Maryja

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Maria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

* (Brazil) IPA: /maˈɾi.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /maˈɾi.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /maˈɾi.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐˈɾi.ɐ/
* Rhymes: -iɐ
* Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧a

### Proper noun

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

* ave-maria
* banho-maria
* Maria Padilha
* maria vai com as outras
* maria-chiquinha
* maria-chuteira
* maria-fumaça
* maria-rapaz
* Mariazinha (diminutive)
* maricas
* Santa Maria
* Virgem Maria

#### Related terms

* mariano
* marista
* Miriam

#### Descendants

* → Malay: Maria

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Maria f (genitive/dative Mariei)
* Mary (Biblical character)
* a female given name, equivalent to English Mary

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

* IPA: /ma²riːa/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Maria c (genitive Marias)
* Mary (Biblical character)
* 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.

#### Derived terms

* lex Maria

#### 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
* Statistiska centralbyrån: 444 914 females with the given name Maria living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on March 29th, 2011.

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* Ma. — abbreviation

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish María, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρίᾱ (Maríā), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (maryām), corresponding to the Biblical Hebrew מרים (miryám). Doublet of Mary.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /maˈɾia/ [mɐˈɾiː.ɐ], /maɾˈja/ [mɐɾˈja]
* Rhymes: -ia, -a
* Syllabification: Ma‧ri‧a, Mar‧ia

### Proper noun

Maria or Mariá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜒᜌ or ᜋᜇ᜔ᜌ)
* (biblical) Mary
* a female given name from Spanish

#### Derived terms

* Birheng Maria
* damong-marya
* Mariang Palad

#### Related terms

* banyo maria
* hesusmaryosep
* Jose Maria
* Mama Mary
* Maria Cristina
* Mariano
* susmarya
* susmaryosep

#### See also

* Ina ng Laging Saklolo
* Inang Dalamhati
* Tala ng Karagatan

### Further reading

* “Maria”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* maari

## Vietnamese
### Proper noun

Maria
* Alternative spelling of Ma-ri-a (“Mary”)

## Walloon
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈʀja/

### Proper noun

Maria
* a female given name, equivalent to English Mary

## Yoruba
### Etymology

From English Mary.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mà.ɾí.à/

### Proper noun

Màríà
* (biblical) Mary
* a female given name from English