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

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