Gender Feminine
Scripts Μαριάμ(Ancient Greek) მარიამ(Georgian) Մարիամ(Armenian) مريم(Arabic)
Pronounced Pron. /ma.ri.am/(Georgian) /mɑ.ɾi.ˈɑm/(Armenian) /ˈmar.jam/(Arabic)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Form of Maria used in the Greek Old Testament. In the Greek New Testament both this spelling and Μαρία (Maria) are used. It is also the Georgian, Armenian and Malay form, as well as an alternate transcription of Arabic مريم (see Maryam).

Related Names

VariantsMaria(Biblical Greek) Maryam(Arabic) Meriem(Arabic (Maghrebi))
DiminutiveMarika(Georgian)
Other Languages & CulturesMarietjie(Afrikaans) Marie(Albanian) Məryəm(Azerbaijani) Maryam(Bashkir) Maria, Miren, Maddi, Maia(Basque) Mariya, Maryia(Belarusian) Mary, Miriam(Biblical) Miryam(Biblical Hebrew) Maria(Biblical Latin) Merjem, Merjema(Bosnian) Mari, Mai(Breton) Maria, Mariya, Mariela, Mariyka(Bulgarian) Maria, Mariona, Ona(Catalan) Maria(Corsican) Marija, Maja, Mara, Mare, Marica, Marijeta, Maša, Mia(Croatian) Marie, Miriam, Maja, Marika, Máša(Czech) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Majken, Maren, Mia, Mie(Danish) Mariyam(Dhivehi) Maria, Marie, Marjo, Mirjam, Jet, Maaike, Manon, Marieke, Mariëlle, Mariëtte, Marijke, Marijse, Marike, Mariska, Marita, Marja, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria(Dutch) Maleah, Malia, Maliyah, Maria, Marie, Mary, Maura, Miriam, Moira, Mae, Mamie, Maree, Mariah, Marinda, Marion, May, Mia, Mimi(English) Mariel(English (American)) Maarja, Mari, Maria, Mirjam, Maarika, Mai, Maia, Maie, Malle, Mare, Marika, Maris, Marje, Marju(Estonian) Maria(Faroese) Mere(Fijian) Maaria, Maria, Marja, Marjaana, Marjo, Mirjam, Mirjami, Jaana, Maarika, Maija, Mari, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marje, Marjukka, Marjut, Miia, Mirja, Mirka(Finnish) Marie, Myriam, Manon, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise, Maryse(French) Maria, Maike, Mareike(Frisian) María, Maruxa(Galician) Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam, Maike, Maja, Mareike, Mariele, Marietta, Marika, Marita, Meike, Mia, Mitzi, Ria(German) Maria, Meri, Marietta, Marika(Greek) Maryamu(Hausa) Malia(Hawaiian) Miriam, Miryam, Miri(Hebrew) Mariamne(History) Mária, Maja, Mara, Mari, Marica, Marietta, Marika, Mariska(Hungarian) María, Mæja(Icelandic) Maryam(Indonesian) Máire, Maura, Moira, Moyra, Muire, Máirín, Maureen(Irish) Maria, Miriam, Marica, Mariella, Marietta, Marika, Mia, Miriana(Italian) Mariyam(Kazakh) Maija, Marija, Māra, Mārīte(Latvian) Marija(Lithuanian) Marija, Maja, Mare(Macedonian) Marija(Maltese) Moirrey, Voirrey(Manx) Mere(Maori) Malle, Molle(Medieval English) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Maren, Mia, Mie(Norwegian) Maria(Occitan) Maryam(Persian) Maria, Miriam, Maja, Marietta, Marika, Mariola, Maryla, Marysia, Marzena(Polish) Maria, Miriam, Mariana, Mariazinha(Portuguese) Maria, Maricica(Romanian) Maria, Mariya, Marya, Manya, Marusya, Masha, Miya(Russian) Márjá(Sami) Mele(Samoan) Maria(Sardinian) Mhairi, Moira, Moyra(Scottish) Màiri, Moire(Scottish Gaelic) Marija, Maja, Mara, Marica(Serbian) Mária, Miriam, Maja, Marika, Miriama(Slovak) Marija, Mirjam, Maja, Manca, Mare, Marica, Maruša, Maša, Mia, Mija(Slovene) Maryan(Somali) Marja(Sorbian) María, Míriam, Mariela, Marita, Mía, Miryam(Spanish) Maritza, Mariel(Spanish (Latin American)) Mariel(Spanish (Philippines)) Mariamu(Swahili) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Maj, Maja, Majken, Marika, Mia, My(Swedish) Maryam(Tatar) Mele(Tongan) Meryem(Turkish) Maria, Mariya, Mariyka, Marusya(Ukrainian) Mariyam, Maryam(Urdu) Meryem(Uyghur) Mareye(Walloon) Mair, Mari(Welsh) Mariama(Western African) Mirele(Yiddish)
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Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g3137, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g3137.
Entry updated October 6, 2024