Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Maryana is a variant of Mariane. An origin associated with Mariane is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maryana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 598
- 0 boys · 598 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,257 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −1%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,257 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 1.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 35 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,210 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maryana’s family of names
In English usage, Maryana has a related form in Mariana. Maryana has a related form in Mariane. In Belarusian usage, Maryana is a transliteration of Марыана.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Maryana
- Maryana IskanderAmerican social entrepreneur and lawyer, CEO of Wikimedia Foundation (2022-2026)born 1975
- Maryana MarrashOttoman-Syrian poet, writer1848–1919
- Mariana SadovskaUkrainian musicianborn 1972
- Mariana SavkaUkrainian poet and children's writerborn 1973
- Marjana GaponenkoUkrainian writerborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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