Given name

Marys

“woman of the sea”

Marys is a variant of Marissa. One Latin interpretation is “woman of the sea.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Marys is a variant of Marissa. One Latin interpretation is “woman of the sea.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Marys is a variant of Marissa. An origin associated with Marissa is Latin.

Explained through its name family

Marys’s family of names

Marys has a related form in Marissa.

Walk Marys’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Marys, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Nature

Merys

“of the sea”

No U.S. birth series

8% boys · 92% girls

Nature

Marvynne

“a friend of the sea”

No U.S. birth series

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Nature

Manlie

“from the man's meadow; from the hero's meadow”

No U.S. birth series

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Nature

Marína

“of the sea”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Nature

Marila

“of the shining sea”

No U.S. birth series

1% boys · 99% girls

Nature

Manleigh

“from the man's meadow; from the hero's meadow”

No U.S. birth series

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Nature

Malti

“resembling a fragrant flower”

No U.S. birth series

4% boys · 96% girls

Nature

mahsā

“moon”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Marys’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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