Given name · also Italian
Ma-ri-a
Ma-ri-a is a feminine given name from Italian, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Vietnamese.
Original ItalianMaria
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ma-ri-a comes from Italian, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Italian Maria, from Latin Marīa, from Koine Greek Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ, from Aramaic מרים, from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryɔm).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ma-ri-a’s family of names
In Vietnamese usage, Ma-ri-a was borrowed from the Italian form Maria.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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