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Maria is a classic, popular, long-time favorite, beautiful, feminine name for a baby girl. Pronounced Muh-ree-uh.

Amari, Airam, Maria, Maira and Amira are anagrams of each other, they all contain the same letters.

Personal experiences with the name Maria

A good friend of mine's name is Maria. While this name is common, yes, it is still a classic, beautiful name with a wonderfully attractive feminine sound to it. She has said before that she loves her name. She has three young daughters who are all very sweet little girls. She takes great care of them. She's a truly magnificent mother. She is an only child, but she married a man (a close friend of mine, also) who has ten siblings, so there's plenty to make her feel warmed and loved, as if they were her own siblings. (They're all friends of mine too.) And actually, I've never (believe it or not, it matters not to me) met anyone else named Maria. I just haven't. But I love it. It's gorgeous. =)

my one friend is also named Maria and the only really thing I can say about her is she is nice strong and #friendgoals P.S I'm Caroline

My name is Maria and I was born in the 1980s in Canada. I like my name. As popular as the name is on a global level, and its timeless nature, I've only encountered one Maria my age, ever. I think it really depends on your demographic.

Maria always has the best memes.

My name is Maria and I love it. People have always commented on how nice my name is, at home and abroad. I was the only Maria in my year group at primary school and there was only one other Maria in my year at secondary school. I'm English and was also born in the 80's. People sometimes abbreviate my name to Marie which is much more English but I don't think it sounds as nice and usually corrects them but they carry on regardless.

I met a girl named Maria over the summer. Absolutely beautiful. A little bit exotic, with beautiful long brown hair, and eyes that changed color with the light; sometimes they looked brown or gold even, and they shone a beautiful green when her eyes sparkled or caught the light. Amazing personality, she puts everyone at ease. She is friendly, personable, it's impossible not to fall in love with her. The farther she lets you in, the more you fall in love with every aspect of her. The more I got to know her the more complexity I found in her personality. Although there is never a dull moment with Maria as she's the life of the party, she is also a sort of melancholy kind of beautiful as well. There are so many layers to her I which I could find out more.

Nicknames for Maria

Marie, Mary, Ria, Mimi, Mia, Mari, Maya, Maia, Molly, Mariah, Mar, Ri-Ri,
Nacha, Mashka

Also some Marias have second names:
LUISA,Paula,Gabriela,Ana,Louise and matilde.

Nicknames for MARIA LUISA
Malu Marielu Marilulu Marie Malulu Malula

Mæja (Icelandic María)

Meanings and history of the name Maria

Meanings of the name "Maria".

French:
Bitter.

German:
Bitter.

Italian:
Bitter.

Spanish:
Bitter.

Swedish:
Bitter.

American:
Bitter.

Hebrew:
Wished-for-child; rebellion; bitter.

Latin:
Commonly-used Wished-for child; rebellion; bitter. Fact: Popular with both Spanish and non-Spanish cultures.

Norse:
Name not originally Norse but it appears in several sagas and is the name of King Harald Sigurdsson's daughter.

Famous real-life people named Maria

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (1899 - 1918), daughter of Nicholas II
Maria Feodorovna (1847 - 1928), wife of Alexander III
Maria Alexandrovna (1824 - 1880), first wife to Alexander II
Maria Reynolds, mistress to Alexander Hamilton
The Virgin Mary - in Spanish La Virgen María
Maria Callas, legendary Greek Soprano
Maria Malibran, Legendary Spanish-French Opera Singer and First Female Classic Composer
Maria Von Trapp, real-life inspiration for "The Sound of Music"
St. Maria Goretti (1890–1902) Patron of teenage girls and crime victims
Maria Shriver, journalist, Kennedy cousin and wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger
Maria Kanellis, wrestler
Maria V. Snyder, author
Maria Sharapova, tennis player
Maria Brink, vocalist for the band In This Moment
Maria Nikolaevna Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia (1899-1918) Maria Isabel, singer, winner of Junior Eurovision 2004
Maria Selman, Mario Selman (social media star) sister
Maria Adela Huggins (b. 2009), daughter of American actress Penelope Ann Miller

Maria in song, story & screen

"Ave Maria", hymn
The name Maria was mentioned in the song "Round Here" by the Counting Crows
"Maria (I just met a girl named Maria)" song from the musical West Side Story
"Maria Blanca", children's song
"Maria, Maria" song by Santana
"My Maria" song by Brooks and Dunn
"Take a Letter Maria," song by R.B. Greaves
"O Maria", song by Beck
"(How Do You Solve A Problem Like) Maria", song from The Sound of Music
"Dear Maria, Count Me In", song by the band All Time Low
María, a novel by Jorge Isaacs
"Maria" song by Debbie Harry/Blondie.
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, a British and Canadian talent show
Maria Gianni, character from the American telenovela Fashion House, played by Bo Derek
Maria Traydor, character in tri-Ace's role playing video game Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
Maria, character from the video game Silent Hill 2 and its mini-prequel "Born from a Wish."
Maria Robotnik, character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games
Maria Rodriguez, long-running character on Sesame Street played by Sonia Manzano
Maria, lead character in The Sound of Music
Maria, lead character in West Side Story
Maria DeLuca, character from Roswell (TV series)
Maria Petrova, character from the video game Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
Maria Ushiromiya, a character in the visual novel, manga and anime series Umineko no Naku Koro ni
"Maria", song by Green Day
"Maria" song from Broadway musical "West Side Story".
"Beautiful Maria of My Soul" song from "The Mambo Kings" movie soundtrack.
Maria Josefina Montoya, American Girl
Maria Callasantos, Feral from Marvel’s X-Force comics