Maria

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Faroe Islands Faroese
Greenland Greenlandic
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of Μαρια (Maria), a Greek form of Mirjam [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Related Names

     
Maari ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Maaria ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Maarie ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Mari ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Maria ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Greenlandic Icelandic Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
María ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Mariah ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Marie ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Mariia ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Greenlandic
Marrii ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Marya ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish

See also:
Maalia (Greenlandic)
Máddjá (Sami)
Maike (Low German)
Maila (Estonian)
Máire (Irish)
Maja (Swedish)
Marian (English)
Marica (Croatian)
Marieke (Low German)
Marieli (German)
Marielle (French)
Marietta (Italian)
Marija (Russian)
Marika (Hungarian]]
Marion (French)
Marisa (Dutch)
Marita (Spanish, Italian)
Marja (Finnish, Swedish)
Marlitt (German)
Mary (English)
Mia (Swedish)
Mimi (French)
Mitzi (German)
Ria (Swedish, German)

Combinations

For combinations see MARI (name element)

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

25 March

Denmark Denmark

2 July

Denmark Denmark

22 July

Denmark Denmark

15 August

Denmark Denmark

8 September

Denmark Denmark

21 November

Denmark Denmark

8 December

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

2 February

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

25 March

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

25 March

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

2 July

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

15 August

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

15 August

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

8 September

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

8 September

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

15 September

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

15 September

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

21 November

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

8 December

Finland Finland

2 July

Norway Norway

25 March

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

2 July

Sweden Sweden

28 February

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Maria
Accusative: Mariu
Dative: Mariu
Genitive: Mariu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1344 [3]

Namesakes

Maria (Maja Stina) Gripe, Swedish author (1923-2007)

Maria Haukaas Storeng, Norwegian singer (* 1979)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[6] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m2.png 81907 444914 7 613
Denmark Denmark[7] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m1.png 27961 n.a. 3 n.a
Norway Norway[8] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 9973 16621 0 0
Finland Finland[9] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m3.png n.a. 363918 n.a 296
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[6][7][8][9]:Name statistics for Maria(f)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[8]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Maria(f)


Sources: [6] [7] [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
  2. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  5. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  6. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  9. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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