Maria (given name)
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Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Coptic |
Meaning | Several meanings: 1) "bitter", 2) "beloved", 3)"rebelliousness", 4)"wished-for child", 5)"marine", 6)"drop of the sea", 7)"famous"[1] |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Mariah, Marie, Marija, Mariya |
Related names | Mary, Maryam, Miriam, Mari, Maya, Maris |
Maria is a feminine given name. It is given in many languages influenced by Christianity.
It was used as the feminine form of the unrelated Roman name Marius (see Maria gens),[2] and, after Christianity has spread across the Roman empire, it became the Latinised form of the name of Miriam: Mary, mother of Jesus.
Maria (Greek: Μαρία) is a form of the name used in the New Testament, standing alongside Mariam (Μαριάμ). It reflects the Syro-Aramaic name Maryam, which is in turn derived from the Biblical Hebrew name Miriam. As a result of their similarity and syncretism, the Latin original name Maria and the Hebrew-derived Maria combined to form a single name.
In Germanic languages, the name's usage is connected with the Germanic element *mar meaning "famous".
The name is also sometimes used as a male (middle) name. This was historically the case in many Central Europe countries and still is the case in countries with strong Catholic traditions, where it signified patronage of the Virgin Mary (French-speakers often did the same with Marie).
In the Arabic language the name Mariam (مريم) (also written: Meryem, Mariya) means either "white beautiful woman" or "white cow" or "a little bird with the same size as a pigeon",[3] and it is quite popular in North Africa. One of the feminine Sahaba had the name Maria, Maria the Coptic.
Variants and usage[edit]
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Maria was a frequently given name in southern Europe even in the medieval period. In addition to the simple name, there arose a tradition of naming girls after specific titles of Mary, feast days associated with Mary and specific Marian apparitions (such as María de los Dolores, María del Pilar, María del Carmen etc., whence the derived given names of Dolores, Pilar, Carmen etc.). By contrast, in northern Europe the name only rose to popularity after the Reformation.[4]
Because the name is so frequent in Christian tradition, a tradition of giving compound names has developed, with a number of such compounds themselves becoming very popular. Examples, among numerous others, include:
- Anna + Maria (Anne-Marie, Marianne)
- Maria + Luisa (Marie-Louise)
- Maria + Antonia (Maria Antonia, French Marie-Antoinette)
- Maria + Helena (Italian Maria Elena, Spanish María Elena)
- Maria + Teresa (Maria Theresa, French Marie Thérèse)
- Maria + {Issa} Marissa or Marisa Christian Nazareth
- Maria + {Saiyra} Mary-Saiyra or Saiyra Mary Christian Antioch
As a feminine given name, Maria ranked 109th in the United States as of 2015, down from rank 31 held during 1973–1975.[5] The English form Mary was at rank 214 as of 2015, after a much steeper decline down from being raked first consistently during 1880–1968.[6]
Spelling variants of Maria include: Mária (Hungarian, Slovakian), María (Greek, Icelandic, Spanish), Máire and Muire (Irish), Marya (transliterated from Cyrillic), Marija (Latvian, but also used in other Balto-Slavic languages) and Maria (Polish). Due to a very strong devotion of Irish and Polish Catholics to the Blessed Virgin Mary, a special exception is made for two other forms of her name – Muire and Maryja: no one else may take that name, similar to the way the name Jesus is not used in most languages. The English form Mary is derived via French Marie.
A great number of hypocoristic forms are in use in numerous languages. Cyrillic Maryam and Miriam have numerous variants, such as
- Mariami (Georgian)
- Mariamma, biblical Mariamme, Mariamne
- Məryəm (Azerbaijani)
- Meryem (Kurdish, Turkish)
- Myriam (French)
The spelling in Semitic abjads is mrym: Aramaic ܡܪܝܡ, Hebrew מרים, Arabic مريم.
Cyrillic spellings are Мария (Maríja) (Russian, Bulgarian), Марыя (Marýja) (Belarusian), Марія (Maríja) (Ukrainian) and Марија (Marija) (Serbian, Macedonian).
Georgian uses მარიამ (Mariam) and მარია (Maria); Armenian has Մարիամ (Mariam).
Chinese has adopted the spelling 瑪麗 (simplified 玛丽, pinyin Mǎlì).
The variant Mariah (usually pronounced /məˈraɪə/) was rarely given in the United States prior to the 1990s, when it bounced in popularity, from rank 562 in 1989 to rank 62 in 1998, in imitation of the name of singer Mariah Carey (whose Vision of Love topped the charts in 1990).
People[edit]
- Maaria Eira, Finnish opera singer and actress
- Maria of Russia (several people)
- Maria al-Qibtiyya
- Maria I of Portugal (1734-1816), Queen of Portugal
- María Conchita Alonso (born 1957), American singer/songwriter and actress
- Maria Ahtisa Manalo, Miss International Philippines 2018
- Maria Andrejczyk (born 1996), Polish jevelin thrower
- Maria Ângela Carrascalão, East Timorese politician
- Maria II of Portugal (1818-1853), Queen of Portugal
- Maria Aasen-Svensrud, Norwegian politician
- María Laura Abalo (born 1981), Argentine rower
- Maria Abashova (born 1983), Russian ballet dancer
- Maria Abbebù Viarengo (born 1949), Ethiopian-born writer living in Italy
- Maria Abbey (1816–1903), nurse during the American Civil War
- Maria Abbracchio, Italian pharmacologist
- Maria Abdy (1797–1867), English poet
- María Abel (born 1974), Spanish long-distance runner
- María Abella (1863–1926), Uruguayan feminist
- María Abradelo (born 1969), Spanish actress
- Maria Abrahamsson (born 1963), Swedish lawyer, journalist and politician
- Maria Abramović (born 1987), Croatian tennis player
- Maria T. Accardi, American academic
- Maria Assunta Accili Sabbatini (born 1955), Italian diplomat
- María Acosta (born 1991), Venezuelan freestyle wrestler
- María Teresa Adames (born 1941), Mexican diver
- María Adánez (born 1976), Spanish actress and filmmaker
- Maria Adelborg (1849–1940), Swedish artist
- Maria Lourdes Afiuni, Venezuelan judge
- Maria Ager, Austrian chess player
- Maria Agresta (born 1978), Italian operatic soprano
- Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt (1755–1810), German-born aristocrat and Danish composer
- Maria Ahm (born 1998), Danish long-distance runner
- Maria Aitken (born 1945), English theatre director, actress and writer
- Maria Ajzensztadt (1923–1942), Polish singer
- Maria Akraka (born 1966), Swedish middle-distance runner
- Maria Aksenova (born 1969), Russian media personality
- María Alanoca (born 1960), Bolivian politician
- Maria Alba (1905–1999), Spanish-American actress
- Maria Albert (born 1985), Estonian swimmer
- Maria Albuleț (1932–2005), Romanian chess player
- María José Alcalá (born 1971), Mexican diver
- Maria Alda Nogueira (1923–1998), Portuguese communist, feminist, anti-fascist activist and politician
- Maria Alexander, American writer
- Maria Alexandrova (born 1978), Russian ballet dancer
- Maria Alexandru (born 1939), Romanian table tennis player
- Maria Alfero (1922–2001), Italian sprinter
- María Alharilla (born 1990), Spanish footballer
- Maria Allash (born 1976), Russian ballet dancer
- Maria Almas-Dietrich (1892–1971), German art dealer
- Maria Almasri (born 2004), Israeli footballer
- María Almenta (born 1997), Spanish model
- Maria Laura Almirão (born 1977), Brazilian sprinter
- Maria Aloni, Italian philosopher
- Maria Beatrice Alonzi, Italian author and activist
- Maria Alos (1973–2011), artist
- Maria Suelen Altheman (born 1988), Brazilian judoka
- Maria Altmann (1916–2011), Austrian-American Jewish refugee
- María Antonieta Alva (born 1985), Peruvian politician
- Maria Alvarez (several people)
- Maria Alves (several people)
- Maria Alyokhina (born 1988), Russian political activist and musician
- Maria Amalia (several people)
- Maria Amaral (several people)
- Maria Barbara Amaro (born 1986), Brazilian water polo player
- Maria Amelie (born 1985), Russian-born writer and blogger
- Maria Laura Amorim (born 1932), Portuguese gymnast
- María Amuchástegui (1953–2017), Argentine television fitness instructor
- Maria Andergast (1912–1995), German actress
- Maria Andersson (several people)
- Maria Anderton (born 1969), Kiwi association footballer
- Maria Andrade (born 1993), Cape Verdean taekwondo athlete
- Maria Andrade (born 1958), Cape Verde food scientist
- Maria Andreae (1550–1631), German pharmacist
- Maria Andrejczyk (born 1996), Polish javelin thrower
- Maria Andreu (1801–after 1860), American US Coastguard employee
- Maria Andreyeva (1868–1953), Russian/Soviet actress and Bolshevik administrator
- Maria Angélica, Brazilian basketball player
- Maria Angelico, Australian actress, writer and producer
- Maria Angelova (1925–1999), Bulgarian Esperantist and author
- Maria Àngels Anglada (1920–1999), Spanish poet and novelist
- Maria Anikanova (1916–2005), Soviet speed skater
- Maria Annus (born 1979), Estonian actress
- María Añó, Spanish rhythmic gymnast
- Maria Ansorge (1880–1955), German politician
- Maria Antonescu (1892–1964), Romanian socialite and philanthropist
- Maria Antoniou (born 1964), Swedish actress
- Maria N. Antonopoulou (born 1946), Greek sociologist
- Maria Anzai (1953–2014), Japanese idol
- Maria Apollonio (1919–1990), Italian sprinter
- Maria Apostolidi (born 1988), Greek artistic gymnast
- Maria Aragon (born 2000), Canadian singer of Filipino descent
- Maria Eduarda Arakaki (born 2003), Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
- María Asunción Aramburuzabala (born 1963), Mexican billionaire businesswoman
- María Araujo (1950–2020), Spanish costume designer
- María Araújo (born 1997), Spanish basketball player
- Maria Araújo Khan (born 1964), American judge
- Maria Arbatova (born 1957), Russian and Soviet writer, politician and feminist
- María Arceo, Cuban softball player
- Maria Archer (1899–1982), Portuguese writer and activist
- Maria Angela Ardinghelli (1730–1825), Italian mathematician, physicist and translator
- Maria Areosa (born 1984), Portuguese triathlete
- María Argüelles Arellano (born 1963), Mexican politician
- María Arias Staines (1941–2023), Mexican politician
- María Fernanda Aristizábal (born 1997), Colombian model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Maria Arkhipova (born 1983), Russian heavy metal vocalist
- María Armand (1917–2005), Argentine dancer, stage and film actress
- Maria Armanda (born 1974), Portuguese child singing sensation
- Maria Armoudian, American singer-songwriter
- Maria Arnal (born 1987), Spanish singer
- Maria Arndt (1929–2000), Polish sprinter
- Maria Arnholm (born 1958), Swedish politician
- Maria Aronsson (born 1983), Swedish former footballer
- Maria Arredondo (born 1985), Norwegian singer
- Maria Arrillaga, Puerto Rican writer
- Maria Arrua (born 1999), Paraguayan swimmer
- Maria Arruvaia, Mozambican politician
- Maria Artemieva (born 1993), Russian figure skater
- Maria Artini (1894–1951), Italian engineer
- María Arzú, Guatemalan businessperson
- Maria Ascensão (1926–2001), Portuguese folklorist
- Maria Asensio, Spanish-Argentinian physical chemist
- Maria Aspan, American journalist
- Maria Aspman, Swedish educator specializing in women’s vocational training
- Maria Astashkina (born 1999), Russian swimmer
- Maria Astrologes (born 1951), American professional golfer
- María Asurmendi (born 1986), Spanish basketball player
- Maria Auböck (born 1951), Austrian landscape architect
- Maria Augimeri, Canadian politician
- María Aura (born 1982), Mexican actress
- Maria Austria (1915–1975), Austrian-Dutch photographer
- Maria Antonietta Avanzo (1889–1977), Italian racetrack driver
- Maria Avdjuško, Estonian actress, film producer, director and screenwriter
- Maria Averina (born 1993), Russian track cyclist
- María Ávila Serna (born 1973), Mexican politician and lawyer
- Maria Awori (born 1984), Kenyan swimmer
- Maria Angelica Ayala (born 1964), Filipina dressage rider
- María Pia Ayora (born 1962), Peruvian swimmer
- María Azambuya (1944–2011), Uruguayan actress and theatre director
- Maria Azevedo, American singer
- Maria Azzopardi (born 1983), Maltese footballer
- Maria Azua, American businessperson
- Maria Babanova (1900–1983), Soviet and Russian actress and pedagogue
- Maria Barbara Bach (1684–1720), first wife of composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Maria Bach (1896–1978), Austrian pianist, violinist, composer and artist
- Maria Baciu (born 1942), Romanian poet
- Maria Backenecker (1893–1931), German politician
- Mária Bácskai (born 1938), Hungarian sprinter
- Maria Badia i Cutchet (born 1947), Spanish politician
- Maria Badstue, Danish orchestral conductor
- Maria Baers (1893–1959), Belgian politician and feminist
- Maria Baez, American politician
- María Báez Padilla (born 1973), Mexican politician
- Maria Baghramian (born 1994), Irish philosopher
- Maria Bailey (born 1975), Irish politician
- Maria Baiulescu (1860–1941), Romanian author, suffragist, nationalist and feminist leader
- Mária Bajzek Lukács (born 1960), Hungarian Slovene language writer and university professor
- Maria Bakalova (born 1996), Bulgarian actress
- Maria Bakodimou (born 1965), Greek television presenter
- Maria Bakunin (1873–1960), Italian chemist and geologist
- Maria Balaba (born 1988), Latvian figure skater
- Mária Balážová (born 1956), Slovak artist
- Maria Balcerkiewiczówna (1903–1975), Polish actress
- Maria Baldó i Massanet (1884–1964), Spanish teacher, feminist, folklorist and liberal politician
- Maria Louise Baldwin (1856–1922), pioneering female African American educator
- Maria Balinska, American journalist
- María Ballesteros (born 1956), Mexican swimmer
- Maria Balomenaki (born 1983), Greek water polo player
- Maria Balshaw (born 1970), English museum director
- María Balta (born 1955), Peruvian politician
- Maria Baltazzi, American television producer
- Maria Bamford (born 1970), American stand-up comedian, actress, and voice actress
- Maria Banuș (1914–1999), Romanian poet, essayist, prose writer and translator
- Maria Baptist (born 1971), German musician and professor
- Maria Barbal (born 1949), Spanish writer
- Maria Barbella (1868–1950), American convict
- Maria Bard (1900–1944), German actress
- María Carmen Barea (born 1966), Spanish field hockey player
- Maria Bargh, political scientist in New Zealand
- Maria Barmich (1934–2023), Russian linguist
- Maria Barnaby Greenwald (1940–1995), American judge
- Maria Barnas (born 1973), Dutch writer, poet and artist
- Maria Baronova (born 1984), Russian chemist
- Maria Barrados, Canadian government official
- María Barranco (born 1961), Spanish actress
- María Barrantes (born 1989), Costa Rican footballer
- Maria Barreira (1914–2020), Portuguese neorealist sculptor
- María Barreiro, Uruguayan field hockey player
- Maria Barrell, writer, poet and playwright
- Maria Isabel Barreno (1939–2016), Portuguese writer
- María Barrera Zapata (born 2001), Colombian Paralympic swimmer
- Maria Barrett, United States Army general
- Maria Barrientos (1884–1946), Spanish singer
- Maria Alice Barroso (1926–2012), Brazilian novelist
- Maria Barroso (1925–2015), Portuguese politician
- Maria Bartiromo (born 1967), American television personality and author
- Maria Bartola, early indigenous historian of Mexico
- Maria Bartusz (born 1987), Polish para badminton player
- Maria A. Barucci, Italian astronomer
- Maria Basaglia (1912–1998), Italian film director and screenwriter
- Maria Bashir, afghan lawyer
- María Basilides (1886–1946), Hungarian opera singer
- Maria Baska (born 2000), Albanian footballer
- Maria Batalova (born 1996), Russian ice hockey player
- Maria Baumgartner (born 1952), Austrian chemist
- María Baxa (1946–2019), Serbian actress
- María Bayo (born 1961), Spanish soprano
- María Bazo (born 1998), Peruvian windsurfer
- Maria E. Beasley (1836–1913), American inventor
- Maria Beatty, Venezuelan filmmaker
- Maria Beccadelli di Bologna (1848–1929), Italian aristocrat
- María Becerra (born 2000), Argentine singer
- Maria Becker, German actress and director
- Maria Beckley Kahea (1847–1909), Hawaiian chiefess
- Maria Bedareva (born 1992), Russian alpine skier
- Maria Begonha (born 1989), Portuguese politician
- Maria Beig (1920–2018), German author
- Maria Belibasaki (born 1991), Greek sprinter
- Maria Arena Bell (born 1963), American television writer and freelance writer
- Maria Bell (1755–1825), English painter
- Maria Bello (born 1967), American actress and writer
- Maria Bellonci (1902–1986), Italian writer
- Maria Belo (born 1938), Portuguese psychoanalyst and former Member of the European Parliament
- Maria Belobrovina (born 1999), Belarusian footballer
- María Belón (born 1966), Spanish physician and motivational speaker
- Maria Belooussova (died 2018), Russian pianist
- Maria Antonietta Beluzzi (1930–1997), Italian actress
- Maria Beneyto (1925–2011), Spanish poet
- María Bibiana Benítez (1783–1875), Puerto Rican writer
- Maria Bentel (1928–2000), American architect
- María Berea de Montero (1914–1983), Argentine chess player
- Maria Berényi (born 1959), Romanian Hungarian historian and poet
- Maria Bergamas (1867–1952), Italian unknown soldier
- Maria Berger (born 1956), Austrian politician
- Maria Bergkvist (born 1977), Swedish football coach and former player
- Maria Bergson (1914–2009), American interior designer, industrial designer and architect
- Maria Berkenkotter (born 1962/1963), American judge
- Maria Berlinska, Ukrainian military volunteer and women’s rights advocate
- María Bernabéu (born 1988), Spanish judoka
- Maria Bernard (born 1993), Canadian track and field athlete
- Maria Berny (1932–2021), Polish politician
- María Berrío, Colombian artist
- Maria Antonia Berrios (born 1977), American politician
- Maria Bersneva, Russian water polo player
- Maria Bertelli (born 1977), British footballer and volleyball player
- María Bertelloti (born 1980), Argentine swimmer
- Maria Bertilsköld, Swedish professional golfer
- Maria Bertolini (1931–2022), Italian politician
- Maria Beruski (1959–1986), Brazilian school teacher
- Mária Berzsenyi (born 1946), Hungarian handball player
- Maria Elisabeth Bes (1882–1938), Dutch chemical engineer, city councillor in Delft
- María Betancourt (several people)
- Maria Bethânia (born 1946), Brazilian singer
- Maria Luísa Betioli (born 1948), Brazilian high jumper
- Maria Bieșu (1935–2012), Moldovan singer
- Maria Bila, Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast
- Maria Biljan-Bilger, Austrian ceramicist, sculptor and textile artist
- Maria Billington Hawes, English contralto singer
- Maria Ilva Biolcati, as known as Milva (1939–2021), Italian singer, stage and film actress
- Maria Bird-Browne, Member of the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda
- Maria Bird (1891–1979), British television producer
- María Aurelia Bisutti (1930–2010), Argentine actress
- Maria Bitner-Glindzicz (1963–2018), British physician and professor of genetics
- Maria Bittner, American linguist
- María Björg Ágústsdóttir (born 1982), Icelandic footballer
- Maria Björnson (1949–2002), French theatre designer
- María Blanchard (1881–1932), Spanish artist
- María Blasco Marhuenda (born 1965), Spanish molecular biologist
- Maria Blasucci, American actress and comedy writer
- Maria Blom (1914–1994), Dutch carillonneur
- Maria Blower (born 1964) English cyclist
- Maria Blum (1890–1965), German politician and journalist
- Maria Bocharova (born 2002), Russian beach volleyball player
- Maria Bochkareva (1889–1920), Russian female soldier and counter revolutionary
- Maria Bodén (born 1978), Swedish golfer
- Maria Bodøgaard (born 1983), Norwegian television presenter
- Maria Bofill (1937–2021), Spanish ceramicist
- Maria Bogda (1909–1981), Polish actress
- Maria Bogoslov (born 1970), Romanian table tennis player
- Maria Bogucka (1929–2020), Polish historian
- Maria Böhmer (born 1950), German politician
- Maria Bohuszewiczówna (1865–1887), Polish revolutionary
- Maria Boldor (born 1996), Romanian fencer
- María Bolívar (born 1975), Venezuelan politician
- Maria Bolognesi (1924–1980), Italian mystic
- Maria Bolshakova, Russian politician
- Maria Bondarenko, Russian tennis player
- Maria Bondareva (born 1999), Russian artistic gymnast
- María Luisa Bonet, Spanish computer scientist
- Maria Bonghi Jovino, Italian archaeologist
- Maria Roza Boni (born 1986), Greek professional basketball player
- Maria Boniecka (1910–1978), Polish author and teacher
- Maria Bonnevie (born 1973), Swedish-Norwegian actress
- Maria Bordy, Soviet woman news photographer
- María Bores, Spanish footballer
- Maria Borges (born 1992), Angolan model
- Maria Borisova (born 1997), Russian water polo player
- Maria Borodakova (born 1986), Russian volleyball player
- Maria Borounov (born 1982), Australian former competitive ice dancer
- Maria Borzunova (born 1995), Russian journalist
- Mari Bertilla Boscardin, Italian Roman Catholic saint
- Maria Boschetti-Alberti (1879–1951), Swiss educator and pedagogue
- Maria Elena Boschi (born 1981), Italian lawyer and politician
- María Angélica Bosco (1909–2006), Argentinian novelist, translator and essayist
- Maria Bosi (born 1954), Romanian handball player
- Maria Bossenberger (1872–1919), German operatic soprano and voice teacher
- Maria Botalova, Russian rower
- Maria Both, Romanian swimmer
- Maria Elena Bottazzi, Honduran microbiologist
- María Botto (born 1974), Argentine-Spanish actress
- Maria Antonia Braile, Albanian arbëreshë writer
- María Bramont-Arias (born 1999), Peruvian swimmer
- Maria Antonia Branconi (1746–1793), German royal mistress
- Maria Branwell (1783–1821), mother of the Brontë sisters
- Maria Branyas (born 1907), world’s oldest verified living person
- María Briceño (born 1985), Venezuelan cyclist
- Maria Brignole Sale De Ferrari (1811–1888), Italian duchess
- Maria Brink (born 1977), American singer and songwriter
- Maria Briscoe Croker (1875–1962), American poet
- Maria Britneva (1921–1994), Russian-British actress
- María Brito, Cuban-American artist
- Maria Brizzi Giorgi (1775–1812), Italian organist, composer and pianist
- Maria Brochmann, Norwegian footballer
- Maria Brockerhoff (born 1942), German actress
- Maria Brodacka (1904–1991), Polish painter
- Maria Brontë (1814–1825), Brontë sisters
- Maria Matilda Brooks, American painter
- Maria Bruna, Spanish applied mathematician
- Maria Brunlehner (born 2000), Kenyan swimmer
- Maria Bruno (born 1992), Brazilian synchronized swimmer
- Maria Bruntseva (born 1980), Russian volleyball player
- Maria Buchinger (1916–2010), German therapeutic fasting advocate
- Maria Bucur (born 1968), Romanian-American historian
- Maria Bueno (1939–2018), Brazilian tennis player
- Maria Bujakowa (1901–1985), Polish sculptor
- Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska (1936–2020), Polish cross-country skier
- Maria Bulakhova (born 1988), Russian swimmer
- Maria Bulanova (born 1998), Russian ten-pin bowler
- Maria Bulanova (born 2001), Russian ballet dancer
- Maria Burmaka (born 1970), Ukrainian singer
- Maria Burton (born 1961), American director, producer and actress
- Maria Louisa Bustill (1853–1904), American Quaker schoolteacher
- Maria Butina (born 1988), Russian activist and convicted spy
- Maria Butinova (1920–2007), Soviet and Russian ethnographer, historian and religious scholar
- Maria Bernarda Bütler (1848–1924), Franciscan missionary
- Maria Butyrskaya (born 1972), Russian figure skater
- Maria Buynosova-Rostovskaya (died 1626), Tsaritsa of all Russia
- Maria Buzunova (born 1982), Belarusian footballer
- Marine Byerley, British schoolmistress
- Maria Byrne (born 1967), Irish politician
- Maria Byrne, marine biologist
- Maria Callas (1923–1977), Greek-American soprano
- Maria Callani (1778–1803), Italian 18th century portrait painter active in Parma[7]
- Maria Aurèlia Campany (1918–1991), Spanish novelist, playwright and essayist
- Maria Antònia Canals (1930–2022), Catalan teacher
- Maria Canals-Barrera (born 1966), American actress
- Maria Cantwell (born 1958), U.S. Senator
- Maria Ângela Carrascalão, East Timorese journalist, author, university teacher and former minister
- Maria Arménia Carrondo (born 1948), Portuguese chemical engineer specializing in crystallography
- Maria Andrea Casamayor (1720–1780), Spanish mathematician and teacher
- Maria Assumpció Català i Poch (1925–2009), Spanish mathematician and astronomer
- María Marcos Cedillo Salas (1910-1933), first female pilot in Mexico
- Maria Aldana Cetra (born 1980), Argentine cyclist
- Maria Amélia Chaves (1911–2017) Portuguese civil engineer
- Maria Benedicta Chigbolu (born 1989), Italian sprinter
- Maria Assunta Chiummariello (born 1958), Italian shot putter
- Maria Christina (several people)
- Maria Bianca Cita (born 1924), Italian geologist and paleontologist
- Maria Cole (1922–2012), American jazz singer
- María Antonieta Collins (born 1952), Mexican journalist and author
- Maria Colwell (1965–1973), British female murder victim
- María Angélica Cristi (born 1941), Chilean politician
- Maria Dallas, New Zealand singer
- Maria Damanaki (born 1952), Greek politician
- Maria Angela Danzì (born 1957), Italian politician
- Maria d'Apparecida (1926–2017), Brazilian opera singer
- Maria Darling, British voice actress
- Maria Antonieta de Brito (born 1969), Brazilian politician
- María Alicia de la Rosa López (born 1963), Mexican politician
- Maria de Lourdes Martins Cruz, East Timorese religious sister
- Maria Alice de Mendonça, Brazilian musician
- Maria de Vasconcelos (born 1970), Portuguese psychiatrist, singer and songwriter
- María Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo (1884–1957), Filipino Dominican nun
- María Alicia Delgado (born 1947), Mexican actress and comedian
- Maria Angela Caterina d'Este (1656–1722), Princess of Carignano
- Maria Adela Diaz, Guatemalan artist
- María Angélica Díaz del Campo (born 1965), Mexican politician
- Maria Angelina Dique Enoque (born 1953), Mozambican politician
- Maria do Céu Sarmento, East Timorese politician
- Maria Domingas Alves, East Timorese politician
- Maria Alicia Dominguez, Argentinian poet, novelist and essayist
- Maria Durhuus (born 1977), Danish politician
- Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849), Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature
- Maria Aida Episcopo (born 1963), Italian politician
- María Amparo Escandón (born 1957), American film producer
- Maria Luisa Escolar, Colombian pediatrician
- María Escudero-Escribano (born 1983), Spanish chemist
- Maria Louise Eve (1842–1900), American poet
- Maria Ewing (1950–2022), American opera singer
- Maria Farantouri (born 1947), Greek singer
- María Fernanda Di Giacobbe (born 1964), Venezuelan chocolatier
- Maria Amélia Ferreira (born 1955), Portuguese professor of medicine
- Maria Foser, Liechtensteiner politician
- Maria Fyfe (1938–2020), Scottish politician
- María Esther García López (born, 1948), poet, writer; president, Asturias Writers Association
- Maria Augusta Generoso Estrela, Brazilian physician
- Maria Anna von Genzinger (1754–1793), Viennese musician
- Maria Aparecida Godoy, Brazilian comic artist
- Maria Goretti, a victim of crime and saint
- Maria Gowen Brooks (1794–1845), American poet
- María la Grande (c. 1789–1841), prominent Tehuelche leader of the early 19th century
- Maria Guyomar de Pinha (1664–1728), Siamese cook
- Maria Harfanti (born 1992), Miss World Indonesia 2015
- Maria Anne Hirschmann (1926–2024), American author and evangelist
- Maria Höfl-Riesch (born 1984), German alpine skier
- María Ángela Holguín (born 1963), Colombian politician and diplomat
- María Holly (born 1932), widow of rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly
- María Angélica Idrobo (1890–1956), Ecuadorian writer and feminist activist
- María Antonia Iglesias (1945–2014), Spanish writer and journalist
- Maria Iliou (born 1960) Greek film director, scriptwriter and producer
- Maria James (1793–1868), Welsh-born American poet
- Maria Wanda Jastrzębska (1924–1988), Polish electronics engineer, taught at Silesian University of Technology and Opole University of Technology
- Maria Jeżak-Athey, Polish figure skater and coach
- Maria Jane Jewsbury (1800–1833), English writer, poet, literary reviewer
- María José (several people)
- Maria Kanellis (born 1982), American professional wrestler
- Maria Kekkonen, Finnish erotic actress
- Maria Brace Kimball (1852–1933), American educator, elocutionist, writer
- Maria Kochetkova (born 1984), Russian ballet dancer
- Maria Kovrigina (1910–1995), Russian physician and Soviet minister of health
- Maria Kowroski (born 1976), American ballet dancer
- Maria Antonina Kratochwil (1881–1942), Polish Roman Catholic religious sister and martyr
- Maria Lampadaridou Pothou (1933–2023), Greek novelist, poet and playwright
- Maria Elise Turner Lauder (1833–1922), Canadian writer
- Maria Lauterbach (1987–2007), American murder victim
- Maria Aracely Leiva (born 1967), Honduran politician
- Maria Alzira Lemos (1919–2005), Portuguese feminist and parliamentary deputy
- Maria Benvinda Levy (born 1969), Mozambican politician and former judge
- Maria Lioudaki (1894–1947), Greek educator, folklorist, and resistance fighter
- Maria Lohela (born 1978), Finnish politician
- Maria Antonietta Loi, Italian physicist
- Maria Angelina Lopes Sarmento (born 1978), East Timorese politician
- Maria Antonieta Lorente, geologist
- Maria White Lowell (1821–1853), American poet, abolitionist
- Maria Aloysia Löwenfels (1915–1942), German religious sister
- Maria Lugones (1944–2020), American philosopher
- Maria Lynn Ehren (born 1992), Thai singer and model
- Maria Antonietta Macciocchi (1922–2007), Italian politician and journalist
- María Angélica Magaña Zepeda (born 1975), Mexican politician
- Maria Laura Mainetti (1939–2000), Italian Catholic sister and murder victim
- María Emma Mannarelli (born 1954), Peruvian feminist writer, historian, professor
- Maria Mandl (1912–1948), Austrian Nazi SS commandant of the female camp at Auschwitz concentration camp executed for war crimes
- Maria Rika Maniates (1937–2011), Canadian musicologist
- Maria Rosaria Manieri (born 1943), Italian academic and socialist politician
- María Marcano de León, Puerto Rican government official
- Maria Amélia Martins-Loução, biologist and professor
- Maria Mazina (born 1964), Russian Olympic champion épée fencer
- Maria Alberta Menéres (1930–2019), Portuguese writer
- Maria Montessori (1870–1952), Italian educator
- Maria Benedita Mouzinho de Albuquerque de Faria Pinho (1865–1939), Portuguese writer
- Maria Anna Mozart (1751–1829), Austrian musician
- Maria Naganawa (長縄 まりあ, born 1995), Japanese voice actress
- Maria Nikiforova (1885–1919), Ukrainian anarchist partisan
- María Beatriz Nofal (born 1952), Argentine economist and civil servant
- Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer (1946–2022), Spanish writer
- María José Orellana (born 1981), Guatemalan beach volleyball player
- Maria Ozawa (小澤 マリア, born 1986), Japanese actress
- Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma (born 1934)
- Maria Antónia Palla (born 1933), Portuguese feminist, journalist and abortion-rights activist
- Maria Assunta Pallotta (1878–1905), Italian nun
- Maria Palmer (1917–1981), Austrian-born American actress
- Maria Pappa (born 1971), Swiss politician
- María Amparo Pascual López, Cuban pharmacologist and medical doctor
- Maria Aparecida Pedrossian (1934–2022), Brazilian socialite
- María Angélica Pérez (1897–1932), Argentinian nun
- María Luisa Pérez-Soba (1930–2021) first woman agricultural engineer in Galicia
- Maria Antonietta Perino, Italian aerospace engineer
- Maria Petri (1939–2022), English association football supporter
- Maria Angela Picco (1867–1921), Italian Roman Catholic nun
- Maria Antonietta Picconi (1869–1926), Italian composer and pianist
- Maria Adeodata Pisani (1806–1855), Maltese beautified nun
- Maria Antonieta Pons (1922–2004), Cuban-born Mexican actress
- Maria Posobchuk (1890–1992), Ukrainian weaver
- Maria Assunta Pozio (died 2018), Italian mathematician
- Maria Adriana Prolo (1908–1991), Italian historian
- Maria Radnoti-Alföldi (1926–2022), Hungarian-German archaeologist
- Maria Rahajeng (born 1991), Miss World Indonesia 2014
- María Angélica Ramírez Luna (born 1975), Mexican politician
- María Angels Ramón-Llin (born 1963), Spanish politician
- Maria Rasputin (1898–1977), memoirist
- Maria Angelica Razzi, Italian sculptor
- María Begoña Redal (born 1975), Spanish goal-ball player
- María Teresa Rejas (born 1946), Spanish politician
- Maria Ressa (born 1963), Filipino-American author, journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- Maria Reynolds (1768–1828), wife of James Reynolds
- Maria Angélica Ribeiro (1829–1880), Brazilian playwright
- Maria Sakkari (born 1995), Greek professional tennis player
- María Elena Salinas, American broadcast journalist, news anchor, and author
- Maria Antònia Salvà I Ripoll (1869–1958), Mallorcan poet and translator
- Maria Amélia Santos (born 1952), Portuguese politician
- María Antonia Santos Plata (1782–1819), Neogranadine peasant, rebel leader and heroine
- Maria Adeline Alice Schweistal (1864–1950), Belgium-born Dutch artist
- Maria Selena (born 1990), Indonesian beauty pageant titleholder who won Puteri Indonesia 2011
- Maria Sharapova (born 1987), Russian professional tennis player
- Maria Shriver (born 1955), American journalist and activist
- María Belén Simari Birkner (born 1982), Argentine alpine skier
- Maria Simonds-Gooding (born 1939), Indian-born Anglo-Irish artist
- María Alicia Sinigaglia (born 1964), Argentine fencer
- Maria Antónia Siza (1940–1973), Portuguese artist
- Maria Aparecida Soares Ruas (born 1948), Brazilian mathematician
- Maria Alma Solis (born 1956), American entomologist
- Maria Brewster Brooks Stafford (1809–1896), American educator
- Maria Arkadyevna Stolypina, Russian courtier
- Maria Strömkvist (born 1964), Swedish politician
- Maria Tenazi (1903–1930), Soviet Armenian silent film actress
- Maria Theresa (several people)
- María Amelia Torres (1934–2011), Argentine botanist
- Maria von Trapp (1905–1987), Austrian-born American singer
- María Antonia Trujillo (born 1960), Spanish politician
- María Bibiana Uribe, Mexican beauty pageant winner
- María Valverde (born 1987), Spanish actress
- Maria Eulália Vares, Brazilian mathematical statistician and probability theorist
- Maria Vasilkova (born 1978), Russian politician
- María Araceli Vázquez Camacho (born 1948), Mexican politician
- Maria Alice Vergueiro (1935–2020), Brazilian actress
- Maria Chantal Videla (born 2002), Filipino-Argentine actress, model and singer of K-pop girl group Lapillus
- Maria Andrea Virgilio (born 1996), Italian Paralympic archer
- María Argelia Vizcaíno, Cuban activist and writer
- Maria Walliser (born 1963), Swiss alpine skier
- Maria Watkins (1918–2010) defence electronics engineer, lecturer and President of the Women's Engineering Society.
- Maria Torrence Wishart (1893 – 1982), Canadian medical illustrator and the founder of the University of Toronto's Art as Applied to Medicine program
- Maria Woodworth-Etter (1844–1924), American Evangelist and Faith Healer
- María Begoña Yarza (born 1964), Chilean politician
- Maria Yusuf, Ethiopian activist
- Maria Zaharescu (born 1938), Romanian chemist
- Maria Zandbang (1886–1972), Polish equestrian
Fictional characters[edit]
- Maria, a fictional character played by Laura Nicole in the British web series Corner Shop Show
- Maria, a villain character in the tokusatsu Chōjin Sentai Jetman
- Maria, the youngest princess of Macedon in the Fire Emblem video game series.
- Maria, a character from the American television series Sesame Street
- Maria, a young Pakistani girl from the animated film Iqbal: Bambini Senza Paura
- Maria (West Side Story), the main female protagonist from the musical West Side Story
- Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower, a boss character from The Old Hunters DLC for the video game Bloodborne
- Maria Calavera, a supporting character in the animated web series RWBY
- María Clara, a character from the novel Noli Me Tángere (novel) by Filipino writer and activist José Rizal
- Grace Maria Fleed, a character from the anime Grendizer.
- Maria Fritz, the daughter of Ymir Fritz, namesake of Wall Maria and a minor character in the anime and manga Attack on Titan
- Maria Hojo, a supporting character from Suite PreCure
- Maria Jackson, a character from The Sarah Jane Adventures
- Maria Kasugano, a minor character from Yes! PreCure 5
- Maria Renard, a character in the Castlevania video game series
- Maria Tobari, one of protagonists from Psycho Dream
- Maria Robotnik, a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series
- Maria Saotome, a minor character from Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure
- Maria von Trapp, the main female protagonist of the musical The Sound of Music
- Maria Wong, a character from the Canadian animated television series Braceface
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Maria". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ Morales Cara, Manuel (2005). La Esclavitud en las Colonias Romanas de Andalucia (PDF) (PhD thesis) (in Spanish). Universidad de Granada. ISBN 84-338-3382-0. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2007.[page needed]
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- ^ Hough, Carole; Izdebska, Daria, eds. (2016). The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming. Oxford University Press. p. 206. ISBN 978-0199656431.
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- ^ Lavagetto Ceschi, Paola (1973). "Callani, Gaetano". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 16 – via Treccani.
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