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Maria

OriginHebrew or Egyptian
Meaning"drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved"
GenderGirl

About Maria

Variation of Anamaria

2 syllables.

As of September 2026, Maria ranked #87 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #30 in 1975, Nameberry popularity #538.

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Famous Marias

  • Saint Maria Goretti

    Italian virgin martyr

  • Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina

    Holy Roman Empress

  • Maria I (born Maria Francisca Isabel Josefa Antónia Gertrudes Rita Joana)

    Queen of Portugal

  • Maria II (born Maria da Glória Joana Carlota Leopoldina da Cruz Francisca Xavier de Paula Isidora Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga)

    Queen of Portugal

  • Maria of Montferrat

    Queen of Jerusalem

  • Maria Vladimirovna

    Grand Duchess of Russia

  • Maria Feodorovna (born Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar)

    Empress consort of Alexander III of Russia

  • Maria of Austria

    Holy Roman Empress consort of Maximilian II

  • Maria Anna of Spain

    Holy Roman Empress consort of Ferdinand III

  • Maria Komnene

    Queen consort of Amalric I of Jerusalem

  • Maria of Aragon

    Queen consort of Manuel I of Portugal

  • Maria Pia of Savoy

    Queen consort of Luís I of Portugal

  • Maria of Romania

    Queen consort of Alexander of Yugoslavia

  • Maria of Bytom

    Queen consort of Charles I of Hungary

  • Maria Kazimiera

    Queen consort of Jan III Sobieski of Poland

  • Maria Luisa of Parma

    Queen consort of Charles IV of Spain

  • Maria Christina Henriette Desideria Felicitas Raineria of Austria

    Queen consort of Alfonso XII of Spain

  • María Teresa Mestre y Batista

    Grand Duchess consort of Henri of Luxembourg

  • Maria Nikolaevna

    Grand Duchess of Russia, daughter of Nicholas II

  • Maria Alexandrovna

    Grand Duchess of Russia, Duchess of Edinburgh

  • Maria Pavlovna the Younger

    Grand Duchess of Russia, Duchess of Södermanland

  • (Ludovica Teresa) Maria Clotilde of Savoy

    Princess Napoléon

  • Maria Owings Shriver

    American journalist

  • Maria Callas (b. Sophia Cecelia Kalos)

    Greek,born opera singer

  • Maria Yuryevna Sharapova

    Russian tennis player

  • Maria Romanovna Sotskova

    Russian Figure skater

  • Maria Ewing

    opera singer & Rebecca Hall's mother

  • Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko

    Russian tennis player

  • Maria Louise Kanellis

    American pro wrestler

  • Mari­a Jose Marti­nez Sanchez

    Spanish tennis player

  • Maria Teresa Dizzia

    American actress

  • Maria Pitillo

    American actress

  • Maria Lewis

    Reynolds, Alexander Hamilton's mistress

  • Maria Hester

    U.S. President James Monroe's child

  • Maria de Lourdes Villiers "Mia" Farrow

    American actress

  • Maria Goeppert

    Mayer, physicist & Nobel prize winner

  • Maria V Snyder

    American novelist

  • Maria Gripe (Maja Stina Walter)

    Swedish children's novelist

  • Maria Augusta von Trapp

    Austrian singer (Sound of Music)

  • Maria Muldaur (Maria D'Amato)

    American singer,songwriter

  • Maria Edgeworth

    Anglo,Irish children's novelist

  • Maria Menounos

    American actress and TV presenter

  • Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart

    Austrian musician

  • Maria Margarethe Anna Schell

    Austrian,Swiss actress

  • Maria Sara Bartiromo

    American journalist

  • Maria Mazowiecka

    princess of Masovia

  • Maria Antonina (Maryla) Rodowicz

    Polish singer

  • Maria Zofia Dulęba

    Polish actress

  • Maria aka Gentlewhispering

    YouTuber

  • Maria Adela

    daughter of American actress Penelope Miller

  • Maria Makino

    Japanese pop singer and member of Morning Musume

  • Maria Tolkacheva

    Russian rhythmic gymnast

  • Maria Kravtsova

    Russian rhythmic gymnast

  • Anastasia Maria Dogrammatzi

    Greek rhythmic gymnast

  • Maria Ioanna Mandellou

    Greek rhythmic gymnast

  • Maria Sol Perez

    model called "Argentina's hottest weather girl"

  • Maria Montessori

    Italian physician and educator

  • Maria Reiche

    German archaeologist

  • Maria Sibylla Merian

    German naturalist

  • Maria Teresa Mirabal

    Dominican activist

Maria in pop culture

  • Maria von Trapp

    main character in "The Sound of Music"

  • Maria Nunez

    main character in musical "West Side Story"

  • Maria Merryweather

    character in "The Little White Horse"

  • Maria Wong

    character in animated series "Braceface"

  • Maria Moonlit

    or Alice Merry,Go,Round, mother of Adam Moonlit and false prophet in the Evillious Chronicles

  • Maria Ruiz

    character on TV's "Orange Is the New Black"

  • Maria Hill

    Marvel comics and movies character

  • Maria Stark

    character from Marvel's Iron Man and mother of Tony Stark

  • Maria

    character from video game Silent Hill 2

  • Maria

    character from Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost"

  • Maria

    wall 'protecting' humanity in anime 'Attack on Titan'

  • Maria Duszynska

    character from Wood's "Night Trains"

  • Maria Jane Connor

    from British soap "Coronation Street"

  • Maria Santos Grey

    character on soap "All My Children"

  • Maria Roberts

    character on soap "One Life to Live"

  • Maria

    maid in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night"

  • Maria Mendoza

    character in "The House of the Scorpion"

  • Maria Dias

    character in G. A. Henty's "Treasure of the Incas"

  • María Posada

    character in animated film "The Book of Life"

  • Maria

    character on TV's "Sesame Street"

  • Maria Bertram

    character in Jane Austen's novel "Mansfield Park"

  • Maria Nikolaevna Bolkonskaya

    character in "War & Peace"

  • Maria Akizuki

    character in "From the New World"

  • Maria "Masha" Ovchinnikova

    character in "Not Dead or Undead"

  • Maria Stokes

    character in the Addicted Series

  • Cala Maria

    character in the videogame “Cuphead”

  • "Maria

    " song by Green Day

  • "O Maria

    " song by Beck

  • "Maria

    " song by Ricky Martin

  • "Maria

    " song by Blondie

  • "They Call the Wind Maria

    " song in "Paint Your Wagon"

  • Maria Renard

    character in the video game series "Castlevania"

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