Forename Marais

All over the world, Marais (Marais , 马雷 , Маре ) is quite a rare primarily male, but scarcely feminine forename. The forename Marais is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare male name, South Africa, and Kazakhstan, where it is a very rare largely girly, but infrequently masculine name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, and Indonesia. Much more frequently, Marais is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Marais

name Маре, name Мараис, name Marese, name ماريز, name Maresch, name מארה, name Mareis, name Marais, name 马雷, name Maraıs, name Maraís

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Marais	Australia, South Africa, France, United States, Namibia
马雷	China
Маре	Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan
מארה	Israel

First names said to be same

Maraís, Maraıs, Mareis, Maresch, Marese, Мараис, and ماريز

Notable namesakes

	marin marais French composer and viol player, FR (b. 1656)
	marais viljoen South African politician (1915-2007), ZA (b. 1915)
	wessel marais South African botanist (1929–2013), ZA (b. 1929)
	org marais South African politician and economist, ZA (b. 1931)
	wessel marais (b. 1935)
	lochner marais researcher, ORCID id # 0000-0002-0299-3435
	sumari marais researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-3953-227X
	loftus marais South African poet and writer, ZA (b. 1982)
	de wet marais South African rugby union player

Characteristic surnames

Mo, Abe, Ane, Ann, Ana, Ali, Sã, Sol, Sue, Sun, Sam, Mã, Mum, Mia, Mel, Max, Mac, May, Mr, Ms, Pj, De, Da, Dj, Amy, La, Jo, Jj, Jb, Ed, Em, Ij, Le, and Ade