Maria

Russian Cyrillic variant spelling: Марья.

Maria is also Spanish, Galician, and Icelandic, used alongside María in Spanish, Galician, and Icelandic.

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Spanish Pronunciation: ma-REE-a

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Icelandic Pronunciation: MA-ree-ya.

Maria is commonly used as a boys´ middle name in Spanish-speaking Latin America. I've met many people named Jose Maria, Juan Maria, even a David Maria.

Also Czech:

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https://cs.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie - listed as a variant
https://cs.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maria

Also used in Albanian: https://instatemra.shinyapps.io/emra/
https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ABria -- mention it as a variant

Also Walloon: https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitit_no_walon -- sourced
https://wa.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maria

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Pronounced /maː.ˈrja/

Usages: Emilian-Romagnol

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https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria

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(Information from name #278472 originally submitted by an anonymous user)

Also Albanian.

To clarify: Maria is sometimes used as a middle name for males in Catholic families (especially in the past, today it's rare). So it is used only as a middle name for men, NEVER as a first name. And to someone who wrote in a comment below that Italy is an Hispanic country, it's not, in Italy it's spoken Italian not Spanish.

Also Judeo-Anglo-Norman.
Source: Seror, Simon "Les noms des femmes juives en Angleterre au Moyen Âge".

Also Romansh.
Source: "Vornamen in der Schweiz. Prénoms en Suisse. I nomi in Svizzera. Prenoms in Svizra" (1993) published by the Association of Swiss registrars
https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Madleina_(sursilvan)
https://nossaistorgia.ch/entries/vxYZeogpDA5
https://www.portraitarchiv.ch/portrait?page=59

Gascon, Provençal and Languedocian: https://ieo-oc.org/spip.php?page=article&id_article=300 --- Source: Institut d'Estudis Occitans

Top 10 most common names globally:

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1. MARIA
2. NUSHI
3. MOHAMMED
4. JOSE
5. MUHAMMAD
6. MOHAMED
7. WEI
8. MOHAMMAD
9. AHMED
10. YAN

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There are multiple variations of the name Maria such as Mariya, Marya, Marie, Marina etc which enter the Top 1000 most common names globally.

Also the Cornish form: https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/21532021/personal-names.pdf
https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Wynn

Also Slovene: https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria

Also Estonian: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_(eesnimi)

According to forebears.io, Maria is the most common name in the world, with approximately 66,032,598 people bearing this name.

Also a Breton variant of Mari: https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari --- "Mari (pe Maria a-wechoù)"
https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria

Maria is used more as a middle name than a first name (to honor the virgin Mary) in Latin America and Spain, for example you might be called Enrique Maria or Francisco Maria. The charts for countries like Spain show more feminine usage as a first name.

In 2018, 46 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Maria who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 104th most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.

Used in Czech Republic for males.

Can be a feminine form of Marius, Mario (Spanish/Italian/Portuguese), Marios (Greek) and Mariusz (Polish).

My grandpa was a Swede adopted by an Italian couple; his first name was Maria. So, I'm gonna assume this was probably a "rare" case in which the name Maria was used as an actual first name for a male.

The name is also used in Iceland.

Another German diminutive is Mariechen (sometimes, but rarely, also used as an official name).

I like this name as a middle name for males, like in Carlo Maria or Antonio Maria.

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Here in Brazil it was very common to make religious combos with Maria, like Maria do Perpétuo Socorro (the infinite helping), das Dores (of the Pains), da Anunciação (of the Annunciation).

This name is also used in Afrikaans.

The name Maria is also commonly used in Georgia. It is not as common there as Mariam is, but still very common nonetheless.

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In Georgian, Maria is written as: მარია.

In Portugal, up to the 80's most women had double names, one of them being Maria. This happened because the Virgin was crowned Queen of Portugal in 1640, and the country consecrated to her. A new crown was made, and since that time, Portuguese kings and queens could not be portrayed wearing the crown, since the Virgin is the eternal queen of Portugal. The name Maria, in women, reflects that dedication. That changed during the 80's when the country ceased to have an official state religion.

This should be probably listed under Spanish as well.

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I really like this name, it's gorgeous, but I can't use it because my child would probably be teased for having such an ethnic name, whilst I am Caucasian. ]:

Yes, in Spanish as well this name is used as a male or female middle name. In example: Jose MARIA, just like Jose is sometimes used as a female middle name: Maria JOSE.

Maria can be used as a masculine middle name also in Italian, for example, Gian Maria. [noted -ed]

Maria is the commonest girl's name in Greece. Although it may sound natural, believe me, it is way too overused. There are 4 girls with this name and its combinations in my class.

Also a feminine name in Slovenia, but not nearly as popular as MARIJA.

Maria is the most common name in Malta. For many Maltese it is considered to be the most beautiful name!

Maria Eduarda is the female protagonist of several Portuguese books and songs. Just see "Os Maias" by Eça de Queirós or the song called "Maria da Fonte". In Portugal it is also very common to use religious middle names with it like Maria das Dores, Maria da Luz or Maria dos Prazeres. Ana Maria is also a very common combo.