Given name
Maryse
“woman of the sea”
Maryse is a variant of Marissa. One Latin interpretation is “woman of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maryse is a variant of Marissa. One Latin interpretation is “woman of the sea.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maryse is a variant of Marissa. An origin associated with Marissa is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maryse through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 127
- 0 boys · 127 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,149 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.
Maryse’s family of names
Maryse has a conventional equivalent in the German form Maria. Maryse has a related form in Marissa. In Dutch usage, Maryse has a conventional equivalent in the Basque form Miren.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 Maryse
- Maryse CondéAuthor from Guadeloupe1934–2024
- Maryse MizaninFrench-Canadian professional wrestler, model and business womanborn 1983
- Maryse BastiéFrench aviator (1898-1952)
- Maryse HilszFrench aviator (1901–1946)
- Maryse WolinskiFrench journalist, novelist and writer (1943-2021)
- Maryse Éwanjé-ÉpéeFrench athleteborn 1964
- Maryse LuzoloGerman athletics competitorborn 1995
- Maryse NarcisseHaitian politicianborn 1958
- Maryse AlbertiFrench cinematographerborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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