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Name Mariya
Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts まりや, 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.
Pronounced Pron. mah-ṙee-yah
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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.