Given name · cu
Маріа
“of the shining sea”·“woman of the sea”·“from the river's mouth”
Маріа (Maria) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Aramaic. It is used in Old Church Slavonic.
cuWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Maria.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Маріа is Maria written in Cyrillic. In English use, Maria has a related form in Marilla. One English interpretation is “of the shining sea.” Maria has a related form in Marina. One Latin interpretation is “woman of the sea.” In German use, Maria is a variant of Ria. One Spanish interpretation is “from the river's mouth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Маріа comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Aramaic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Маріа developed from מרים.
Маріа’s family of names
Маріа developed from the Aramaic form מרים. Маріа can be written in the Roman alphabet as Maria.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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