Comments for the name Mariah

Mariah Carey is a famous bearer of this name. Mariah is the best female singer in existence.

They also use this name for Mariah in Beyblade of the White Tiger team from China.

Pronounced ma-RY-a.

Mariah means boldness, kindness, love, and weakness for me.

My best friend's name is Mariah. If you look it up in a baby book or something, it stands for "the wind". We pronounce her name mar-i-uh!

My name is Mariah and I love it, well except when people try to sing me the song The Wind They Call Mariah, it's not the song I dislike it's their singing.

I believe that the song, They Call the Wind Maria was NOT spelled with an "h" at the end of the name.

I've also heard this name pronounced MAR-EE-AH.

"Ma-rie-a" is the older English pronunciation of "Maria." It is no doubt due to the influence of other European languages that "Ma-ree-a" is now far more common except in "They call the wind Maria" (no "h") and "Black Maria" (= "Paddy Wagon").

Mariah is a very pretty name for a girl. I don't know of any in my boys' classes in school.

I have to say that this name is indeed, MUCH better-sounding than the overused Maria. I definitely will consider this name when naming my daughter, which I WILL HAVE!

There is an author named Mariah Stewart.

Yuck. I dislike this name.

I like the added 'h' on the end of this name. There is a baddie in the book 'Making Waves' by Annie Dalton (who by the way was a pirate!)

I prefer this name to Maria. It just sounds more pretty and is much less used than Maria.

My first name is Mariah, after "They call the wind Mariah", and my middle name is Tess after the same song ("... the rain is Tess and they call the wind Mariah"). I love my name!

I love this name. Not because I'm a fan of Mariah Carey but because it's a beautiful name.

My friends name is "Myriah" pronounced the same way as the other name "Mariah". I think it's an unuasl way to spell Mariah, but my friend likes the spelling this way. The only problem she has is with people calling her: My-Ria instead of Ma-Ry-ya.

I like this name because it sounds so feminine and delicate. I just don't like when they confuse it with Maria. If I were to name my daughter this I would probably spell it one of these ways: Mariyah, Maryiah or Maryeah.

This is easily the best -iah name out there, as it isn't one of those foreign-sounding, pompous Biblical names, which I can't stand. However, I can't shake off the Mariah Carey associations, and I really dislike her music.

Pretty unusual but it is really strong and feminine. Adding the "h" makes more distinct too. However, I do not like Mariah Carey so my impression on the name is mixed. Still, it's a nice, different girl's name.

It is a nice name, but it sounds very masculine. The "iah" sounds too masculine.

Mariah is pronounced ma-rye-ah. It was also popularized by the singer Tom Waits in the song 'Big, Black Mariah', which was about a car. The song has also reportedly come from 'the deep South', in the USA, during the 1800's (?). It was then said to be about a 'dark wind' that blew over the Cotton fields.

The name Mariha actually is of Native American origin. My sister was named Mariha in 1981, long before anyone had heard of Mariah Carey. My sister's father was Native American and he told us that long ago the Indians called the wind "Mariha" and that is where the name came from.

I think it's pretty but because it reflects the pronunciation of Maria that was in use among uneducated English people years ago (the same people who mispronounced Charlotte as Charlotty, to the amusement of the "upper classes") I wouldn't use it. In England "black Maria" (pronounced mar-IE-ah) was a for long time the slang term for the police vehicles bringing baddies or presumed baddies to and from their cells. The term is still used occasionally.

It was not at all "uneducated" people who pronounced Maria as Ma-RY-a. It was *the* pronunciation. Just like Sophia used to be so-FY-a. If you watch a Jane Austen or other period adaptation, those are the pronunciations you'll hear. Until relatively recently in history, English people pronounced Latin words as if they were English, it being a dead language. The names Maria and Sophia were drawn from Latin by educated people who wanted something fancier than Mary. It wasn't a case of uneducated people getting foreign names "wrong". For a start, uneducated people couldn't read, so if anything you'd expect them to say a name "right" and spell it "wrong". Even now in England, the pronunciation so-FY-a for Sophia is still used sometimes among the upper classes.

I like the name Mariah, both the spelling and pronunciation. Much nicer than Maria!

This name is too popular and kind of trashy, plus Mariah Carey has started to annoy me.

My name is Mariah and I love it. It's different, but it's semi-normal.

This is my sister's name and it's so pretty!

Pronounced mah-ree-ya.

This pronunciation of Maria, was popular in early 19th century England. Jane Austen's novels have a few Maria(h)s. Maria Lucas is a wide-eyed teenager in Pride and Prejudice. Maria Bertram is a snottish cousin in Mansfield Park.

I don't like this name. I find it rather trashy.

My name is Mariah and my friends call me Ry or Ry Ry for short.

I don't find myself hating too many names, in fact, I like quite a bit of names and have a long list of favorites, but this one I HATE. I think it's trashy and don't find it very feminine, the "ry" part in it is also very unappealing to me, which is probably why I also dislike the name Ryan. Sorry, just stating my opinion, I just don't think Mariah is feminine and I think it will age poorly. It's also becoming very overused. I know three little girls named Mariah and two 13 year olds named this.

Moriah is a much prettier spelling.

Mariah Carey uses "Mimi" as a nickname.