Gender Feminine
Pronounced Pron. mu-ree-U-nu(European Portuguese) ma-ree-U-nu(Brazilian Portuguese) ma-RYA-na(Spanish)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Roman feminine form of Marianus. After the classical era it was frequently interpreted as a combination of Maria and Ana. In Portuguese it is further used as a form of Mariamne.

Related Names

VariantsMiriam(Portuguese) Mariyana(Bulgarian)
DiminutiveMarianita(Spanish)
Masculine FormsMariano(Portuguese) Mariano(Spanish) Marian(Romanian) Marián, Marian(Czech) Mariyan(Bulgarian) Marianus(Ancient Roman)
Other Languages & CulturesMarie, Marjana(Albanian) Mariam, Maryam(Arabic) Meriem(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Mari, Maria, Mariam, Meri(Armenian) Məryəm(Azerbaijani) Maryam(Bashkir) Maria, Miren, Maddi, Maia(Basque) Mariya, Maryia(Belarusian) Mary, Miriam(Biblical) Maria, Mariam(Biblical Greek) Miriam(Biblical Hebrew) Maria(Biblical Latin) Merjem, Merjema(Bosnian) Mari, Mai(Breton) Maria, Mariona(Catalan) Maria(Corsican) Marija, Marijana, Marjana, Maja, Mara, Mare, Marica, Mia(Croatian) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mai, Maiken, Maja, Majken, Maren, Mia(Danish) Mariyam(Dhivehi) Maria, Marie, Marjo, Mirjam, Maaike, Marieke, Mariëlle, Mariëtte, Marijke, Marike, Mariska, Marita, Marja, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria(Dutch) Maleah, Malia, Maliyah, Maria, Marie, Mary, Maura, Miriam, Moira, Maree, Mariah, Mimi(English) Maarja, Mari, Maria, Mirjam, Maarika, 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, Mirja, Mirka(Finnish) Marie, Myriam, Manon, Marianne, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise, Maryse(French) Maria, Maike, Mareike(Frisian) María, Maruxa(Galician) Mari, Mariam, Meri, Marika(Georgian) Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam, Maja, Mareike, Mariele, Marietta, Marita, Meike, Mia, Mitzi, Ria(German) Maria, Meri, Marietta, Marika(Greek) Maryamu(Hausa) Malia(Hawaiian) Miriam, Miri(Hebrew) Mariamne(History) Mária, Marianna, Maja, Mara, Mari, Marica, Marietta, Marika, Mariska(Hungarian) María, Mæja(Icelandic) Máire, Maura, Moira, Moyra, Muire, Máirín(Irish) Maria, Marianna, Miriam, Mariella, Marietta, Marika, Mia, Miriana(Italian) Mariyam(Kazakh) Maija, Marija, Māra, Mārīte(Latvian) Marija, Marijona(Lithuanian) Marija, Marijana, Maja, Mare(Macedonian) Mariam(Malay) Marija(Maltese) Moirrey, Voirrey(Manx) Mere(Maori) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mai, Maiken, Maja, Mia(Norwegian) Maria(Occitan) Maryam(Persian) Maria, Marianna, Miriam, Maja, Marietta, Marika, Mariola, Maryla, Marysia, Marzanna, Marzena(Polish) Maria, Mariya, Marya, Manya, Marusya, Masha(Russian) Márjá(Sami) Mele(Samoan) Maria(Sardinian) Mhairi, Moira, Moyra(Scottish) Màiri, Moire(Scottish Gaelic) Marija, Marijana, Maja, Mara, Marica(Serbian) Mária, Miriam, Maja, Marika, Miriama(Slovak) Marija, Marijana, Marjana, Mirjam, Maja, Manca, Mare, Marica, Maruša, Mia, Mija(Slovene) Marja(Sorbian) Mariamu(Swahili) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Maja, Majken, Marika, Mia, My(Swedish) Maryam(Tatar) Mele(Tongan) Meryem(Turkish) Maria, Mariya, Mariyka, Marusya(Ukrainian) Mariyam, Maryam(Urdu) Meryem(Uyghur) Mair, Mari(Welsh) Mariama(Western African) Mirele(Yiddish)
User SubmissionsMaríana, Mariãna, Mariana

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Czechia: September 8
Spain: May 26
Sweden: April 30

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Entry updated June 9, 2023