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Мария
“woman of the sea”
Мария (Marija) is a feminine given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Russian and Pannonian Rusyn.
Bulgarian and Russian and rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Maria.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Мария is Marija written in Cyrillic. MARIJA has a related form in Marina. One Latin interpretation is “woman of the sea.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Мария comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Мария developed from Maria. In Russian usage, Мария developed from מרים.
Мария’s family of names
In Russian usage, Мария has a diminutive in Манька. In Russian usage, Мария shares a linguistic root with the English form Mary. In Bulgarian usage, Мария has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Maria.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Мария has relatives in 14 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Мария comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 24
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Марьямalso known as · Russian
- Марйамalso known as · Russian
- Марьяalso known as · Russian
- Мари́also known as · Russian
- Мэриalso known as · Russian
- Машуляalso known as · Russian
- Машуняalso known as · Russian
- Махаalso known as · Russian
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People named Мария
- Maria SharapovaRussian tennis playerborn 1987
- Maria ZakharovaRussian foreign ministry spokesperson since 2015born 1975
- Maria KirilenkoRussian female tennis playerborn 1987
- Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of RussiaGrand Duchess of Russia (1899–1918); third daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
- Marie BashkirtseffUkrainian-French artist1860–1884
- Maria FeodorovnaRussian dowager empress, wife of Paul I (1759-1828)
- Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of RussiaDuchess consort of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1853–1920); sixth child and second daughter of Alexander II of Russia and Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)
- Mariya LasitskeneRussian high jumperborn 1993
- Maria Lvova-BelovaRussian politicianborn 1984
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