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Mara 1

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Gender Feminine
Usage Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Scripts מָרָא(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. MAHR-ə(English)
MAR-ə(English)
MEHR-ə(English)
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Meaning & History

Means "bitter" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is a name that Naomi calls herself after the death of her husband and sons (see Ruth 1:20).

Related Names

Same SpellingMāra, Mara 2
User SubmissionsMářa, Mára, Mara

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Last ranked #14 in 2020 Basque Country, Spain
Last ranked #409 in 2000 Brazil (by decade)
Last ranked #47 in 2022 Croatia
Last ranked #449 in 2021 England and Wales
Last ranked #33 in 2021 Galicia, Spain
Last ranked #195 in 2010 Italy
Last ranked #79 in 2020 Latvia
Last ranked #96 in 2022 Netherlands
Last ranked #40 in 2018 Portugal
Last ranked #50 in 2009 Romania
Last ranked #65 in 2021 Spain
Last ranked #49 in 2021 Switzerland
Last ranked #619 in 2022 United States

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biblical women, Caillou characters, child actors, demons, Elder Scrolls characters, House of Anubis characters, Italian Westerns, sadness, She Ra and the Princesses of Power characters, Star Wars characters, top 10 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, top 100 Portugal
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Entry updated January 21, 2022

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