Given name
Mayara
“wealth, riches”·“lord, lady”
Mayara is a feminine given name. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mayara is a form of Maiara. Maiara is built from elements meaning “wealth, riches” and “lord, lady”.
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Where it comes from
Mayara is a form of Maiara. Maiara comes from Old Tupi.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mayara through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 114
- 0 boys · 114 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,441 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,441 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 563 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.
Mayara’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Mayara has a related form in MAIARA.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Mayara
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.