Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Mariham is a romanization of ⲙⲁⲣⲓϩⲁⲙ. ⲙⲁⲣⲓϩⲁⲙ comes from Coptic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2023. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mariham through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 32
- 0 boys · 32 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,710 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,710 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.
Mariham’s family of names
In Old Nubian usage, Mariham is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ⲙⲁⲣⲓϩⲁⲙ.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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