Mara
Usage of Mara in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Mara against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Mara is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Featured in baby name books
Mara is Hebrew for “bitter,” and a version of Mary. In the Bible Naomi asks to be called Mara after losing her family, and Mara is also where Moses turned bitter water sweet. Mara is also given a Latin meaning, “of the sea.”
Mara in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 499 girls were named Mara, making it the #587 girls' name in the US. Since 1892, 24,038 girls have been named Mara, with the most (568) in 2021. It is most common, relative to births, in South Dakota, Hawaii and Minnesota.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Towns named Mara
There are 167 towns and villages with Mara in their name, in 57 countries.
🇵🇰 Pakistan 17🇮🇳 India 16🇳🇬 Nigeria 12🇾🇪 Yemen 11🇻🇪 Venezuela 7🇵🇪 Peru 5🇷🇺 Russia 5🇹🇩 Chad 5
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Mara Rosa | Goiás, 🇧🇷 Brazil | 10,700 | Map |
| Mara | Maramureş, 🇷🇴 Romania | 1,117 | Map |
| Mara Magai | Central River, 🇬🇲 Gambia | 709 | Map |
| Mara | Sardinia, 🇮🇹 Italy | 671 | Map |
| Mara Mara | Apurímac Department, 🇵🇪 Peru | 339 | Map |
| Mara | Aragon, 🇪🇸 Spain | 194 | Map |
| Mara | Ica, 🇵🇪 Peru | 34 | Map |
| Rio Mara | Trentino-Alto Adige, 🇮🇹 Italy | 34 | Map |
| Masay Mara | Quintana Roo, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 5 | Map |
| Angama Mara | Narok County, 🇰🇪 Kenya | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Mara
There are 8 lakes and reservoirs with Mara in their name, in 5 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 3🇷🇺 Russia 2🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 1🇸🇰 Slovakia 1🇺🇸 United States 1
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| Lac Mara | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Mara Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Mara Lake | British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Mara Wewa | North Central Province, 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | Map |
| Ozero Mara | Magadan Oblast, 🇷🇺 Russia | Map |
| Ozero Mara | Khabarovsk, 🇷🇺 Russia | Map |
| Conna-Mara Lake | Michigan, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Nádrž Liptovská Mara | Žilina Region, 🇸🇰 Slovakia | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Mara songs
10 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Mara in their title. The best known:
- Réalta na Mara
- Everybody Dance (Ta Mara and the Seen song)
- Sidi Mara
- Bohudin Holo Sattya Mara Gechhye – Manna Dey (1999)
- Kabhi Bekasi Ne Mara – Kishore Kumar (1985)
- Kisne Chilman Se Mara – Sachin Dev Burman (1962)
- Mara – Rema (2022)
- Mara – Rema (2022)
- Tataiya Ne Dank Mara – Rahul Dev Burman (1980)
- The Hero I Call Father: Pappa Mara Superman – Krupesh Thacker
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Mara
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Mara.
Mara Torres
Fictional characters named Mara
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Mara as a pet name
FurryName has found 68 dogs named Mara in public pet registers, making it the #1,148 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Basel (9), Fusagasugá (3), Villavicencio (1). Mara as a dog name →
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