Maria

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Female Name

Usage

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

Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of Μαρια (Maria), a Greek form of Mirjam ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10]

Related Names

Maaria	♀
Maarie	♀
Maria	♀
María	♀
Marîa	♀
Mâria	♀
Mariah	♀
Marie	♀
Mariia	♀
Marrii	♀
Marya	♀

Combinations

For combinations see MARI (name element)

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Mariuson

Female

Mariudóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Maria
Genitive:	Marias

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

- Finnish
Nominative:	Maria
Genitive:	Marian
Partitive:	Mariaa

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Maria
Accusative:	Mariu
Dative:	Mariu
Genitive:	Mariu

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Maria
Genitive:	Marias

- Swedish
Nominative:	Maria
Genitive:	Marias

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

2 February

Faroe Islands

25 March

Faroe Islands

25 March

Faroe Islands

2 July

Faroe Islands

15 August

Faroe Islands

15 August

Faroe Islands

8 September

Faroe Islands

8 September

Faroe Islands

15 September

Faroe Islands

15 September

Faroe Islands

21 November

Faroe Islands

8 December

Finland Finland

2 July

Norway Norway

25 March

Finland (Swedish Language)

2 July

Sweden Sweden

28 February

Further Information

Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name ^[11]

Earliest Documented Usage

Norway:
- ca 1050 ^[4]
Sweden:
- 1344 ^[3] ^[7]
Denmark:
- 15th century ^[8]
- A name mentioned in Danmarks gamle Folkeviser
Finland:
- 17th century ^[6]
Iceland:
- Officially approved as a given name on 5 May 2006 ^[12]

Strongest Period of Usage

Sweden: 1885-1909 ^[7]
Denmark: 1970-1985 ^[8] ^[9]
Norway: 1985-1990 ^[10]

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway:
- Late 18th century:
  - Østfold ^[4]
  - Vestfold ^[4]
- Around 1900:
  - Sogn og Fjordane ^[4]
- Late 20th century:
  - Finnmark ^[4]
  - Oslo ^[4]
  - Nordland ^[4]
Denmark:
- Sjælland ^[8]
Sweden:
- Norrbotten (19th century) see map ^[13]
- Värmland (19th century) see map ^[13]
- Västerbotten (19th century) see map ^[13]
- Lappland (19th century) see map ^[13]
- Gotland (19th century) see map ^[13]

Namesakes

Hedvig Maria Reddita Cederschiöld (29 June 1856 – 19 October 1935), Swedish journalist and women's rights activist
Maria Gripe (née Maja Stina Walter, 25 July 1923 – 5 April 2007), Swedish author
Hulda Maria Charlotte Kulle (born 26 April 1960), Swedish actress
Annika Maria Lundqvist (born 14 October 1963), Swedish actress
Maria Haukaas Mittet (née Storeng, born 3 August 1979), Norwegian singer

Bible

Maria, mother of Jesus in the New Testament
Maria Magdalene, companion of Jesus in the New Testament

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[14]	82737	445325	82731	444524	6	801
Finland^[15]	n.a.	388066	n.a.	387445	n.a.	621
Denmark^[16]	29571	n.a.	29570	n.a.	1	n.a.
Iceland^[17]	357	1024	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland^[18]	69	217	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway^[19]	19708	n.a.	19708	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
^#: 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

Name statistics for Maria (f) Sources: ^[14]^[16]^[19]^[15]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Maria (f) Sources: ^[20]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Maria (f)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Maria (f) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Maria (f)

References

↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 ^4.7 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 ^13.3 ^13.4 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ details see Name Statistic tables

[dud-1] Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)

[oxf-2] Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)

[ott-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)

[nper-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 ^4.7 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)

[dah-5] Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)

[blo-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)

[bry-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)

[mel-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)

[ler-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)

[alh-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)

[fmn.fo-11] Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)

[island.is-12] Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is

[nn1-13] 13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 ^13.3 ^13.4 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)

[scb.se-14] 14.0 ^14.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/

[vrf.fi-15] 15.0 ^15.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi

[dst.dk-16] 16.0 ^16.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk

[hag.is-17] Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/

[stat.gl-18] Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/

[ssb.no-19] 19.0 ^19.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no

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