Meaning & History
Diminutive of Maria and other names beginning with Mar.
Related Names
VariantsMaarika, Maia, Maie, Malle, Maris, Marge, Reet(Estonian) Maja, Manca, Marica, Maruša, Mia, Mija(Slovene) Maja(Macedonian) Maja, Marica, Mia(Croatian)
DiminutiveMai(Estonian)
Other Languages & CulturesMarietjie, Retha(Afrikaans) Marie, Margarita(Albanian) Mariam, Maryam(Arabic) Meriem(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Mari, Maria, Mariam, Meri, Margarid, Margarit(Armenian) Məryəm(Azerbaijani) Maryam(Bashkir) Maria, Miren, Maddi, Maia(Basque) Mariya, Maryia, Marharyta(Belarusian) Mary, Miriam(Biblical) Maria, Mariam(Biblical Greek) Miryam(Biblical Hebrew) Maria(Biblical Latin) Merjem, Merjema(Bosnian) Mari, Mai(Breton) Maria, Mariya, Margarita, Mariela, Mariyka(Bulgarian) Maria, Margarida, Mariona, Ona(Catalan) Maria(Corsican) Marie, Miriam, Gita, Maja, Margita, Marika, Markéta, Máša(Czech) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Grete, Grethe, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Majken, Maren, Margit, Margrethe, Merete, Merethe, Meta, Mette, Mia, Mie, Rita(Danish) Mariyam(Dhivehi) Maria, Marie, Marjo, Mirjam, Greet, Greetje, Griet, Jet, Maaike, Manon, Marga, Margaretha, Margreet, Margriet, Marieke, Mariëlle, Mariëtte, Marijke, Marijse, Marike, Mariska, Marit, Marita, Marja, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria(Dutch) Maleah, Malia, Maliyah, Maria, Marie, Mary, Maura, Miriam, Moira, Greta, Gretchen, Gretta, Jorie, Madge, Mae, Maegan, Maeghan, Maggie, Maisie, Mamie, Maree, Margaret, Margaretta, Marge, Margery, Margie, Margo, Margret, Mariah, Marian, Marinda, Marion, Marje, Marjorie, Marjory, Maureen, May, Mayme, Meagan, Meaghan, Meg, Megan, Meghan, Merrion, Mia, Midge, Mimi, Molly, Mora, Mysie, Peg, Peggie, Peggy, Retha, Rita(English) Mariel(English (American)) Maisy(English (British)) Maria(Faroese) Mere(Fijian) Maaria, Maria, Marja, Marjaana, Marjo, Mirjam, Mirjami, Jaana, Maarika, Maarit, Maija, Margareeta, Margareta, Mari, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marje, Marjukka, Marjut, Marketta, Miia, Mirja, Mirka, Reeta, Reetta(Finnish) Marie, Myriam, Manon, Margaux, Margot, Marguerite, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise, Maryse, Mégane(French) Maria, Maike, Mareike(Frisian) María, Margarida, Maruxa(Galician) Mari, Mariam, Meri(Georgian) Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam, Greta, Gretchen, Grete, Gretel, Madita, Maike, Maja, Mareike, Marga, Margareta, Margarete, Margaretha, Margarethe, Margit, Margitta, Margret, Margrit, Mariele, Marietta, Marika, Marita, Meike, Meta, Mia, Mitzi, Ria, Rita(German) Maria, Meri, Margarita, Marietta, Marika(Greek) Maryamu(Hausa) Malia(Hawaiian) Margalit, Miriam, Miryam, Margalita, Miri(Hebrew) Mariamne(History) Mária, Gitta, Gréta, Maja, Mara, Margaréta, Margit, Mari, Marica, Marietta, Marika, Mariska, Rita(Hungarian) María, Gréta, Mæja, Margrét(Icelandic) Maryam(Indonesian) Máire, Maura, Moira, Moyra, Muire, Máighréad, Máiréad, Mairéad, Máirín, Maureen(Irish) Maria, Miriam, Greta, Margherita, Marica, Mariella, Marietta, Marika, Mia, Miriana, Rita(Italian) Mariyam(Kazakh) Margarita(Late Roman) Maija, Marija, Māra, Margarita, Mārīte, Rita(Latvian) Margreet(Limburgish) Gretel, Madicken, Madita(Literature) Marija, Greta, Margarita, Rita(Lithuanian) Mariam(Malay) Marija(Maltese) Moirrey, Margaid, Paaie, Voirrey(Manx) Mere(Maori) Malle, Meggy, Molle(Medieval English) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Grete, Grethe, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Maren, Margit, Margrete, Margrethe, Marit, Marita, Merete, Merethe, Mette, Mia, Mie, Rita(Norwegian) Maria, Margarida(Occitan) Maryam(Persian) Magrite(Picard) Maria, Miriam, Gosia, Greta, Maja, Małgorzata, Małgosia, Marietta, Marika, Mariola, Maryla, Marysia, Marzena(Polish) Maria, Miriam, Margarida, Mariana, Mariazinha, Rita(Portuguese) Maria, Margareta, Maricica(Romanian) Maria, Mariya, Marya, Manya, Margarita, Marusya, Masha, Miya(Russian) Márjá(Sami) Mele(Samoan) Maria(Sardinian) Mhairi, Moira, Moyra, Maisie(Scottish) Màiri, Moire, Maighread, Mairead, Marsaili, Peigi(Scottish Gaelic) Marija, Maja, Mara, Marica(Serbian) Mária, Miriam, Maja, Margaréta, Margita, Marika, Miriama(Slovak) Marja(Sorbian) María, Míriam, Margarita, Mariela, Marita, Mía, Miryam, Rita(Spanish) Maritza, Mariel(Spanish (Latin American)) Mariel(Spanish (Philippines)) Mariamu(Swahili) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Greta, Madicken, Maj, Maja, Majken, Margareta, Margaretha, Margit, Marika, Marit, Marita, Märta, Märtha, Merit, Meta, Mia, My, Rita(Swedish) Maryam(Tatar) Mele(Tongan) Meryem(Turkish) Maria, Mariya, Marharyta, Mariyka, Marusya(Ukrainian) Mariyam, Maryam(Urdu) Meryem(Uyghur) Mareye, Magrite(Walloon) Mair, Mari, Mererid, Mared, Marged, Megan(Welsh) Mariama(Western African)
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Estonia: July 13