Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts まりや(Japanese Hiragana) 雅里也, 真梨也, 真理谷, 真理耶, 真里谷, 舞吏也, 麻梨也, 麻理哉, 麻璃也, 麻里耶, 麻里矢, 万理哉, 万里矢, 毬也, 毬夜, 眞璃矢, 茉梨也, 茉理弥, 茉莉也, 茉莉野, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Meaning & History
From Japanese 雅 (ma) meaning "gracious, elegant, graceful, refined", 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality", 舞 (ma) meaning "dance", 麻 (ma) meaning "flax, hemp, linen", 万 (ma) meaning "ten thousand", 毬 (mari) meaning "burr, ball", 眞 (ma) meaning "truth, reality" or 茉 (ma) meaning "jasmine", 里 (ri) meaning "village", 梨 (ri) meaning "pear", 理 (ri) meaning "reason, logic", 吏 (ri) meaning "officer, an official", 璃 (ri) meaning "glassy, lapis lazuli" or 莉 (ri) meaning "jasmine" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also", 谷 (ya) meaning "valley", 耶 (ya), an interjection, 哉 (ya), an exclamation, 矢 (ya) meaning "dart, arrow", 夜 (ya) meaning "night", 弥 (ya) meaning "all the more, increasingly" or 野 (ya) meaning "plains, field, rustic, civilian life". Other kanji combinations are possible. Famous bearers are Mariya Izawa, also known as MARIYA, is a Japanese actress, Mariya Yamada, a Japanese actress and Mariya Takeuchi, a Japanese singer and songwriter.