Macaria
About Macaria
Unusual and rhythmic, Macaria is the feminine form of the ancient Greek Makarios or the Latinized Macarius. It could be an unexpected way to get to cool nickname Mac, without using Mackenzie, Mackinley, and similar.
With an appealing joyful meaning and a connection to several ancient saints, is sporadically used in the US, occasionally given to a small handful of girls. Masculine form Macario is slightly more familiar, give to around 30 boys each year.
Pronounced muh-KAIR-ee-uh.
As of October 2026, Macaria ranked #11530 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2814 in 1926.
Editor's take: The name Macaria is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning "blessed, happy".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
Similar names
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Macaria on lists
Famous Macarias
- Macaria
daughter of Heracles in the Heracleidae of Euripides
- Macaria
daughter of Hades in the 10th century Byzantine Suda