Given name · Aramaic · Hebrew
מרים
מרים (maryám) is a feminine given name. It is used in Hebrew and Aramaic.
Aramaic and HebrewWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Mary.
Meaning & origin
מרים’s family of names
In Yiddish usage, מרים has a diminutive in מירל. In Aramaic usage, מרים shares a linguistic root with the Finnish form Mirjam. In Aramaic usage, מרים has a conventional equivalent in the English form Mary.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
מרים has relatives in 33 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere מרים comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 25
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Mariaderivative · Portuguese, Swedish
- MaryEnglish
- Miriamderivative · English
- Maryamderivative · Indonesian, German
- MarieFrench
- Meryemderivative · Turkish
- MyriamFrench
- Merjemderivative · Serbo-Croatian
Show 17 moreShow fewer
- Marijaderivative · Serbo-Croatian
- MirenBasque
- ⲙⲁⲣⲓϩⲁⲙderivative · onw
- મરિયમderivative · Gujarati
- മറിയംborrowing · Malayalam
- Маріаderivative · cu
- Марьяderivative · Russian
- ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲙderivative · onw, Coptic
- ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁderivative · onw, Coptic
- मरियमderivative · Hindi
- مريمborrowing · Arabic
- مریمderivative · Urdu, Persian
- Марияderivative · Russian, rsk
- Mayramderivative · aa
- Mirjamcognate · Finnish
- Maríaderivative · Galician
- מִרְיָםfeminine form
Similar names
If you love מרים, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Ayil
Ayil is a surname from Hebrew.
—
Isibéal
“my God is an oath”
>99% girls
Hanna-Mari
Hanna-Mari is a feminine given name. It is used in Finnish.
>99% girls
Shelemiah
“repaid of Yah” · “Yah is completeness”
>99% girls
Tanhumeth
“consolation”
—
Hochma
“wisdom”
>99% girls
Mezahab
“waters of gold”
—
Shemamah
“devastation” · “waste”
>99% girls