Given name
Maera
“shining”
Maera is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maera goes back to Ancient Greek Μαῖρα, meaning “shining.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
In mythological stories, Maera is associated with the daughter of Atlas.
Maera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 0 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maera’s family of names
In Latin usage, Maera has a related form in MERA.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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