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Basically, yes. Mariah is a variation of Maria, and I'm certain that I've read that in eighteenth century and early nineteenth century Great Britain, Maria was usually pronounced the way we pronounce Mariah today.

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I think you can pronounce either whichever of the two ways you want, but people do tend to think of Maria being ma-REE-ah and Mariah being ma-RYE-a, so probably best to avoid that headache. Mariah looks better IMO.