Throughout the world, مريا (مريا 
) is quite a rare principally feminine, but scarcely masculine forename. The forename مريا is habitual in Northern Africa, particularly Algeria, where it is quite a rare principally girly, but scarcely boy's name, Morocco, where it is quite a rare girly name, and Sudan, where it is a rare female name. Also, مريا is the last name as well as the forename.