Maria
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Maria is the Latin and Mediterranean form of Mary, meaning “bitter,” or “star of the sea.” Deeply traditional yet modern-sounding, Maria evokes The Sound of Music, West Side Story, and “Ave Maria”; it was also the name of a wife of Muhammad. Notable Marias include Maria Callas and Maria Sharapova. In Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, Maria leads the underground workers and is replaced by a lookalike robot.
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Usage of Maria in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Maria against each list of names.
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Albanian
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Arabic
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Armenian
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Bengali
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Bulgarian
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Catalan
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Chinese
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Cornish
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Croatian
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Czech
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Danish
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Dothraki
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Dutch
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English
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Estonian
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Filipino
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Finnish
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French
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Georgian
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German
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Greek
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Hawaiian
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Hebrew
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Hindi
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Hungarian
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Icelandic
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Indonesian
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Irish
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Italian
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Japanese
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Khmer
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Klingon
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Korean
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Latin
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Latvian
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Lithuanian
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Macedonian
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Norwegian
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Persian
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Polish
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Portuguese
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Romanian
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Russian
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Scottish
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Serbian
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Slovak
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Slovenian
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Spanish
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Swahili
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Swedish
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Telugu
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Thai
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Turkish
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Ukrainian
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Vietnamese
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Welsh
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Yiddish
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Yoruba
Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Maria is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Maria in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 2,887 girls were named Maria, making it the #87 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 566,111 girls have been named Maria, with the most (10,148) in 1964. It is most common, relative to births, in Washington, D.C., North Dakota and New Mexico.
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.
Maria in other languages
- Mari Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Swedish, Welsh
- Miriam Czech, Dutch, French, Italian, Norwegian, Polish
- Marie Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, Swedish
- Marija Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Slovenian
- Marian Czech, Dutch, Polish, Romanian
- Maura Dutch, German, Portuguese, Spanish
- Marial Dutch, German, Spanish
- Marika Estonian, Latvian, Polish
- Marita Dutch, Finnish, Latvian
- Mariana Italian, Spanish
- Marja Dutch, Finnish
- Marjo Dutch, Finnish
- Mary Dutch, English
- Maryam Armenian, Dutch
- My Finnish, Swedish
- Mária Hungarian, Slovak
- Мария Bulgarian, Russian
- Maarja Estonian
- Maike Dutch
- Mair Welsh
- Maira Latvian
- Marea Italian
- Mariam Dutch
- Marilla Latin
- Marià Catalan
- Marya Polish
- María Spanish
- Mearia English
- Miriama Slovak
- Moïra French
Maria name days
- March 25 Norway
- February 28 Sweden
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Maria
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Maria, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Typhoon Maria (Category 1) | 2024 | Western Pacific | 130 km/h |
| Typhoon Maria (Category 5) | 2018 | Western Pacific | 269 km/h |
| Hurricane Maria (Category 5) | 2017 | North Atlantic | 278 km/h |
| Tropical storm Maria | 2012 | Western Pacific | 102 km/h |
| Hurricane Maria (Category 1) | 2011 | North Atlantic | 130 km/h |
| Typhoon Maria (Category 1) | 2006 | Western Pacific | 130 km/h |
| Hurricane Maria (Category 3) | 2005 | North Atlantic | 185 km/h |
| Tropical storm Maria | 2000 | Western Pacific | 102 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Maria
There are 4,047 towns and villages with Maria in their name, in 67 countries.
🇲🇽 Mexico 1816🇧🇷 Brazil 415🇮🇹 Italy 312🇨🇴 Colombia 170🇨🇺 Cuba 165🇵🇪 Peru 106🇵🇭 Philippines 99🇪🇸 Spain 96
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Santa Maria | Rio Grande do Sul, 🇧🇷 Brazil | 271,735 | Map |
| Santa Maria | Federal District, 🇧🇷 Brazil | 116,622 | Map |
| Santa Maria | California, 🇺🇸 United States | 105,093 | Map |
| Villa María | Cordoba, 🇦🇷 Argentina | 92,453 | Map |
| Jesus Maria | Lima region, 🇵🇪 Peru | 66,171 | Map |
| Tingo María | Huánuco Department, 🇵🇪 Peru | 53,177 | Map |
| Jesús María | Aguascalientes, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 43,012 | Map |
| Jesús María | Cordoba, 🇦🇷 Argentina | 36,343 | Map |
| Santa Maria | Ilocos, 🇵🇭 Philippines | 28,002 | Map |
| Rio Maria | Pará, 🇧🇷 Brazil | 18,201 | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Maria
There are 107 lakes and reservoirs with Maria in their name, in 14 countries.
🇧🇷 Brazil 26🇨🇦 Canada 19🇺🇸 United States 19🇲🇽 Mexico 18🇦🇷 Argentina 4🇨🇱 Chile 4🇨🇴 Colombia 4🇨🇺 Cuba 3
| Name | Where | |
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| Doña María | México, 🇲🇽 Mexico | Map |
| Jesús María | Guanajuato, 🇲🇽 Mexico | Map |
| La María | Colima, 🇲🇽 Mexico | Map |
| Lac Maria | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Maria | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Maria | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Maria | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Maria | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Maria | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Maria | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Maria songs
54 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Maria in their title. The best known:
- Maria – Jimmy Destri (1998)
- Maria – Perry Como (1956)
- Maria – US5 (2005)
- Maria – Kuroyume (1998)
- Maria – Östen med Resten (2003)
- Maria (2013)
- Maria – Richard Rodgers (1959)
- Maria – Hitomi (2000)
- Maria
- Maria – Green Day
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Maria
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Maria.
Maria Alexandrova
Maria Altmann
Maria Alyokhina
Maria Bamford
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Fictional characters named Maria
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.
Maria as a pet name
FurryName has found 56 dogs named Maria in public pet registers, making it the #2,192 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Villavicencio (1), Framingham (1), Richmond (1). Maria as a dog name →
FurryName has found 12 cats named Maria in public pet registers, making it the #1,178 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Toronto (7), Surf Coast Shire (2), Fusagasugá (1). Maria as a cat name →
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