Marites
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mɑɹaɪts/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Marites is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: By folk etymology, from Mare, ito ang latest (literally “Sis, here's the latest”), but actually after Marites, the eponymous character in TikTok videos by content creator Justine Luzares in 2020.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 693(inferred from the name graph)
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 5.9K
- USUnited States1 in 124K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 158 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 693 (inferred from the name graph)
≈160,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
By folk etymology, from Mare, ito ang latest (literally “Sis, here's the latest”), but actually after Marites, the eponymous character in TikTok videos by content creator Justine Luzares in 2020. The senses “buzz; gossip” emerged by 2021.
Sources 1
Where in the world(measured from records)
Marites counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | #224 | ≈160,000 est. | ≈1 in 693 | 150K | Marites | 101 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈45,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.9K | — | Marites | 9 |
| US United States | — | 2,683 | 1 in 124K | 2.7K | Marites | 158 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Marites | 29 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈650 est. | ≈1 in 53K | — | Marites | 17 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈530 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Marites | 11 |
| KW Kuwait | #755 | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Marites | 13 |
| QA Qatar | #716 | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Marites | 13 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Top 500 First Names in the Philippines (PSA FOI response, tracking; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Marites is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, second-person singular present active subjunctive of marītō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Filipino, rumormonger
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.7K | #6,085 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1978 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1981 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1980 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1974 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1984 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1982 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1983 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1985 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1979 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1973 | 5 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3 | #6,085 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Marites mean, and where does it come from?
- By folk etymology, from Mare, ito ang latest (literally “Sis, here's the latest”), but actually after Marites, the eponymous character in TikTok videos by content creator Justine Luzares in 2020. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Marites?
- A machine transcription gives /mɑɹaɪts/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Marites a male or female name?
- Marites is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Marites have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 157 thousand people named Marites in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled marites.
- How common is the name Marites?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,683 people named Marites in 2020, about 1 in 124 thousand residents.
- How common is Marites compared with other names?
- In the Philippines, Marites is the 224th most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Marites?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/maritesThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Marites” — the 224th most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.