Given name
Maiara
“wealth, riches”·“lord, lady”
Maiara is a feminine given name from Old Tupi. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maiara is built from elements meaning “wealth, riches” and “lord, lady”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Built from Old Tupi mba'e (“wealth, riches”) + îara (“lord, lady”).
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maiara through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 93
- 0 boys · 93 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,242 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,242 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maiara’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Maiara has a related form in MAYARA. In Portuguese usage, Maiara has a related form in MAYARA.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Maiara
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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