Maria (given name)

Maria is a female first name, but is also used, especially in Catholic circles, as an additional male first name.

4.1 Biblical People (New Testament)
4.2 Other, female
4.3 Mary as another male first name
4.4 Surname

Origin, History and Meaning

The name comes from the Hebrew מִרְיָם Mirjam, the name of the prophetess and sister of Moses in the Old Testament. In Greek, there is the intermediate form Mariam (see Aramaic pronunciation ), where Maria is a Latin Namensabwandlung. The Arabic form of the name is Maryam.

Due to the Hyperdulie of Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, as the "Mother of God", was used as the personal name for centuries in Christian areas as profanation and was shunned (see also Marian devotion and Life of the Virgin ).

It was not until the 16th century took the name as a female first name ( in the 19th century as a male first name ) more widespread use.

Many places, especially places of pilgrimage, Maria lead as Ortsbeinamen as Mary Grossenzersdorf, or as a direct part of the name of the place name as Mariazell.

Meanings

Besides the derivation of Miriam ( controversial, probably from Egyptian mry, loved) is also (for the Hebrew tribe מרא MRA, " fatten " compare term מריא MRIA, " beef cattle, calves " in 2 Sam 6,13 EU, 1 Kings 1.19 to 25 EU, EU Jes At 5.22 1.11 EU, Ez 39,18 EU and others) are conceivable. Mary would thus mean " the Well-fed ".

Name-day

As a Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox Remembrance Day January 1st is celebrated.

The festival is celebrated as a Holy Name of Mary Catholic Memorial on September 12. Pope Innocent XI. introduced it in 1683 in gratitude for the victory over the Turks at Vienna a generally binding. Before they celebrate the feast of Our Lady on September 8: Nativity of Mary. This festival is widely used both in the East and in the West, and looks back on a very long tradition with many popular elements. An overview of other Marian observances can be found at Marian feast.

Variants

Maaike
Maaret
Maaria
Maarit
Madonna ( Italian)
Maija
Maiju
Maika (Russian)
Maike
Maiken
Máire (Irish)
Maja
Majken
Malia (Hawaii)
Manja
Manjascha
Manon
Manoun
Mara ( Croatian)
Maraki ( Greek )
Marea
Maree (English)
Marei
Mareike
Mareile
Mareille
Maren
Mari
Mariah
Mariam
Mariana (Spanish ) ( Czech)
Marianna ( Polish)
Marianne ( first name ) ( Mary and Anne)
Mariasha
Marie
Mariechen
Marieke ( Dutch)
Mariele
Mariella ( Italian)
Marieta (Catalan )
Marietta ( Italian)
Mariha
Mari
Marija (Croatian ), ( Macedonian ), ( Slovenian), (in Serbian ), ( Russian)
Marijana ( Slovenian)
Marijke
Marijken
Marika ( Hungarian)
Marike
Mariluna
Marina
Mariola
Marion (French)
Marisa
Marisol ( Maria del Sol )
Marissa
Marit
Marita
Maritie
Maritje
Maritschka
Maritta
Mariuana ( Maria and Johanna )
Marja
Maryam
Marjan
Marjana
Marlen
Marlena (English ) ( Polish)
Marlene ( Maria and Magdalena )
Maro
Maruschka
Marusya
Mary ( English)
Maryam (Arabic )
Marysa
Maryse
Marysia ( Polish)
Masha
Maschenjka
Masha
Maschutka
Masyanya
Masjök
Matiwanuschka
Matjatja
Matjatjanokowa
Maura
Maureen
May
Maya
Mayken
Meieli
Meike
Merieke
Meryem ( Turkish )
Mia
Mie
Mieke ( Dutch)
Mies ( Dutch)
Rental ( Dutch)
Miriam
Mirja
Mirjam
Mirjami
Mirl
Mitzi
Mizzi
Moira
MREI ( Luxembourgish )
Myriam (French)
Reia ( Luxembourgish )
Ria

Famous names winners

Biblical People (New Testament)

Mary ( mother of Jesus), mother of Jesus Christ
Mary of Bethany
Mary Magdalene (also called " Maria (from) Magdala " )
Mary Cleophas
Maria Salome of Galilee

Other, female

Maria de Bohorques (* around 1539, † 1559 ), Spanish Protestant martyr
Maria the Jewess ( between the 1st and 3rd centuries ), the most prominent alchemist antiquity
Maria ( daughter of Stilicho ) ( 385-407/408 ), wife of Emperor Flavius Honorius
Maria of Antioch ( † after December 10, 1307 ), daughter of Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch
Mary of Agreda (1602-1665), a visionary and abbess of the Franciscan convent in Agreda
Mary of Avesnes, Countess of Blois from 1231
Maria of Berry (1367-1434), Duchess of Auvergne
Mary of Blois (c. 1136, † 1182 ), Countess of Boulogne
Maria Euthymia (1914-1955), Clemens sister
Mary of Hungary (1505-1558), sister of Charles V.
Maria of Spain (1528-1603), daughter of Charles V.
Maria of Austria (1531-1581), niece of Charles V
Maria of Jever (1500-1575), regent of the dominion of Jever
Mary of Luxembourg (1305-1324), Queen of France
Mary of Hungary (1505-1558), Princess of Castile, Burgundy and Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia
Maria Comnenus of Byzantium (before 1144-1190 ), Queen of Hungary
Maria Laskaris of Nicaea (1206-1270), Queen of Hungary
Maria of Bytom (1282/1284-1317), Queen of Hungary, Croatia and Dalmatia
Maria ( Hungary) ( Mary of Anjou, 1370-1395 ), Queen of Hungary
Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574-1616), Princess of Bavaria and Archduchess of Austria
Maria Anna of Spain (1606-1646), Infanta of Spain and Portugal, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia and Roman- German Empress
Maria Leopoldine of Austria - Tyrol (1632-1649), Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary and Holy Roman German Empress
Mary of Sicily (1363-1401), Queen of Sicily
Maria Theresia (1717-1780), Empress of Austria
Maria of Trebizond (also Maria Megale Comnena; * before 1404, † 1439), third wife of the Byzantine emperor John VIII Palaeologus
Mary I (1516-1558), Queen of England
Mary Stuart (1542-1587), Scottish and French queen
Maria Viktoria, Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), British Princess and daughter of George V.

Maria as another male first name

José María Aznar ( born 1953 ), Spanish politician
Klaus Maria Brandauer ( born 1943 ), Austrian actor
Volker Engel Maria (* 1970), German film director and theater educator
Josemaria Escriva (1902-1975), Spanish priest, founder of Opus Dei
Johann Maria Farina (1685-1766), Italian entrepreneur, inventor of the colognes
Karl -Maria Schley (1908-1980), German actor
Oskar Maria Graf (1894-1967), German writer
Günther Maria Halmer (* 1943), German actor
Christoph Maria Herbst (born 1966 ), German comedian and actor
Karl Maria Hettlage (1902-1995), German politician
Klemens Maria Hofbauer (1751-1820), Czech- German preacher
Karl Maria Kertbeny (1824-1882), Austro- Hungarian writer
August Maria Knoll (1900-1963), an Austrian jurist and social reformer
Guido Maria Kretschmer (* 1965), German fashion designer and television Juror
Heinrich Maria Ledig - Rowohlt (1908-1992), German publisher
José María Velasco Gómez (1840-1912), Mexican painter
Markus Maria Profitlich (* 1960), German comedian and actor
Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970), German writer
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), Austrian poet
Rainer Maria Salzgeber (born 1969 ), Swiss sports presenter
Christoph Maria Schlingensief (1960-2010), German film director
Jeronimo Maria Barreto Claudemir da Silva ( born 1981 ), German football player
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826), German composer
Karl Maria Zwissler (1900-1984), German conductor, music director, general manager and professor

Common male double names are in French-speaking Jean -Marie and the Spanish -speaking world José María.

Family name

De Maria
Di Maria
Maria ( disambiguation)

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