Forename María

Across the world, María (Maria , Мария , María , and others...) is a prevalent feminine first name. The given name María is characteristic of Mexico, where it is a prevalent female name, Greece, and Argentina (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina. Much less frequently, María is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish María is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name María

name Marika, name Maris., name Mariá, name Maryia, name Maryja, name Maíri, name Mair, name Moire, name 마리아, name My, name Máro, name Marista, name Marija, name Maryya, name Mária, name Μαρία, name Μαρί, name María Jesús, name マリア, name Maria Cristina, name Mary, name Mª, name Meryeme, name 瑪麗亞, name Muire, name María, name Mareye, name Mari, name Maritsa, name María José, name Marie, name Marys., name Maro, name María Magdalena, name Ma., name Marigo, name Mèrí, name ماريا, name Marjatta, name Marià, name Marja, name Mieri, name Mary Jane, name Maroula, name Purificacion, name Maria, name מריה, name Marisol, name Mariya, name Maruxa, name Marigó, name Μάρω, name Μαίρη, name Marjo, name Meri, name Мария, name Madono, name Mariia, name Méri

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Maria	Argentina, Italy, Brazil, Poland, Mexico
Мария	Italy, Brazil, Poland, Russia, Mexico
María	Argentina, Italy, Brazil, United States, Mexico
ماريا	Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Syria
מריה	Israel
マリア	Japan
Μαρία	Greece
마리아	South Korea
瑪麗亞	China

First names said to be same

Ma., Madono, Mair, Mareye, Mari, Maria Cristina, Marie, Marigo, Marigó, Mariia, Marija, Marika, Maris., Marisol, Marista, Maritsa, Mariya, Marià, Mariá, Marja, Marjatta, Marjo, Maro, Maroula, Maruxa, Mary, Mary Jane, Maryia, Maryja, Marys., Maryya, María Jesús, María José, María Magdalena, Maíri, Meri, Meryeme, Mieri, Moire, Muire, My, Mª, Mária, Máro, Mèrí, Méri, Purificacion, Μάρω, Μαίρη, Μαρί,

First name María in the context

María is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Virgin Mary , the religious figure; mother of Jesus of Nazareth, Paul et Virginie; Marie-Josephte Corriveau , the murderer and well-known figure in Québécois folklore, The Golden Dog; Lisa Simpson , the fictional character from The Simpsons franchise; Bella Swan , the character and the protagonist of the Twilight series and María Lionza , the Venezuelan female deity, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	maría barzola sindicalista boliviana (b. 1000)
	maría pérez wife of Ermengol V, ES (b. 1100)
	maría de cervellón catholic saint and superior of the Third Order of Mercedarians, ES (b. 1230)
	maría alonso coronel (b. 1267)
	maría alfonso de león (b. 1220)
	maría de meneses (1250-1300), ES (b. 1250)
	maría peres Galician troubadour, ES (b. 1300)
	maría de aragón y hungría (b. 1247)
	maría de padilla Mistress of Peter of Castile, ES (b. 1334)
	maría embriaco CY (b. 1274)
	maría fernández coronel ES (b. 1334)
	maría de aragón Aragonese infanta, ES (b. 1299)
	maría enríquez de castilla (b. 1301)
	maría garcía de toledo ES (b. 1340)
	maría de castilla Queen consort of Aragon and Naples, ES (b. 1401)

Characteristic surnames

Cruz, Morales, Mendoza, Suárez, Alvarez, Delgado, García, Navarro, Herrera, Martinez, Sánchez, Castillo, Ramírez, Gonzalez, Jiménez, Vázquez, Álvarez, Martínez, Rodriguez, González, Rodríguez, Gutiérrez, Martín, Flores, Vargas, Torres, Ruiz, Vega, Silva, Perez, Ramos, Rojas, Reyes, Díaz, León, José, Hernández, Ortiz, Molina, Medina, Muñoz, Castro, Pérez, Romero, Rivera, Garcia, Gómez, López, Moreno, and Fernández