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Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts まりあ(Japanese Hiragana) 雅里杏, 鞠亜, 鞠阿, 鞠安, 鞠晏, 紅晶, 女神, 真珠愛, 真仁愛, 真利亜, 真利愛, 真梨愛, 真理亜, 真理愛, 真璃亜, 真里亜, 真里安, 真里有, 真麗雅, 真莉彩, 聖愛, 聖美, 聖母, 舞里愛, 舞莉亜, 磨璃愛, 魔離鳴, 麻珠愛, 麻李亜, 麻梨愛, 麻理亞, 麻里亜, 麻里安, 万梨亜, 万理亜, 万璃愛, 万里亜, 万里愛, 満里愛, 毬愛, 毬安, 瑪利亞, 茉李愛, 茉理愛, 茉璃亜, 茉莉安, 茉莉彩, 莉亜, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced Pron. MAH-ṘEE-AH  [key]

Meaning & History

From Japanese 雅 (ma) meaning "gracious, elegant, graceful, refined", 鞠 (mari) meaning "ball", 紅 (mari) meaning "crimson, deep red", 女 (mari) meaning "woman, female", 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality", 聖 (mari) meaning "holy, saint, sage, master, priest", 舞 (ma) meaning "dance", 磨 (ma) meaning "grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth)", 麻 (ma) meaning "hemp, flax, linen", 万 (ma) meaning "ten thousand", 満 (ma) meaning "full, fullness, enough, satisfy", 毬 (mari) meaning "burr, ball", 瑪 (ma) meaning "agate, onyx", 茉 (ma) meaning "jasmine" or 莉 (mari) meaning "jasmine", 里 (ri) meaning "village", 珠 (ri) meaning "pearl, gem, jewel", 仁 (ri) meaning "humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel", 利 (ri) meaning "profit, advantage, benefit", 梨 (ri) meaning "pear", 理 (ri) meaning "reason, logic", 璃 (ri) meaning "glassy, lapis lazuli", 麗 (ri) meaning "lovely, beautiful, graceful, resplendent" or 李 (ri) meaning "plum" combined with 杏 (a) meaning "apricot", 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 阿 (a) meaning "flatter, fawn upon, corner, nook, recess", 安 (a) meaning "relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful", 晏 (a) meaning "late, quiet, sets (sun)", 晶 (a) meaning "sparkle, clear, crystal", 神 (a) meaning "gods, mind, soul", 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection", 有 (a) meaning "exist", 雅 (a) meaning "gracious, elegant, graceful, refined", 彩 (a) meaning "colour", 美 (a) meaning "beautiful", 母 (a) meaning "mother" or 亞 (a) meaning "rank, follow". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Famous bearers are Maria Naganawa, a Japanese voice actress from Aichi Prefecture, Maria Yamamoto, a Japanese voice actress and singer, formerly with I'm Enterprise and now affiliated with 81 Produce, Maria Kawamura, (born as Shigeyo Kawamura), is a Japanese voice actress, Maria, born Ayaka Itō, is a Japanese pop singer signed under Universal Music Japan and Maria Saitou, a former announcer on Nippon Television.

Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Maria.
Added 12/30/2016 by cutenose
Edited 3/5/2020 by Mike C and cutenose


See Also

Mária, María, Maria, and user submissions Marìa, Marià