Given name & surname
María
“one who offers consolation”
In Spanish use, María has a related form in Consuelo. One Spanish interpretation is “one who offers consolation.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, María has a related form in Consuelo. One Spanish interpretation is “one who offers consolation.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Spanish use, María has a related form in Consuelo. An origin associated with Consuelo is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Galician usage, María developed from מרים.
María’s family of names
In Spanish usage, María has a short form in Marisol. In Galician usage, María developed from the Aramaic form מרים. In Icelandic usage, María has a conventional equivalent in the English form Mary.
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Around the world
María has relatives in 16 languages.
24 related names in 16 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 19
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 9
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- Marijaromanization
- Máriaspelling
- Mârialikely spelling
- Marìalikely spelling
- Mãrialikely spelling
- Mariáspelling
- Mariàspelling
- Μαρίαin another script · Greek
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Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named María
- María Corina MachadoVenezuelan politician, activist and Nobel laureate (born 1967)
- Isabel Perónfirst female president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976born 1931
- Isabella IIQueen of Spain from 1833 to 18681830–1904
- Rosalía de CastroGalician poet and writer (1837-1885)
- Eugénie de MontijoEmpress consort of the French from 1853 to 1870 (1826–1920)
- Sara MontielSpanish-Mexican actress and singer (1928-2013)
- María Elena WalshArgentine author and composer1930–2011
- María FélixMexican actress (1914-2002)
- María ZambranoSpanish philosopher (1904–1991)
Characters named María: María Clara (fictional human and character in José Rizal's novel Noli Me Tángere), María LaGuerta (fictional human).
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