Gender:
Origin:
Hebrew
6321 famous people named Maria found on Wikipedia.
545797 female, 4234 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
116-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
31-th in year 1975
Used in: Biblical, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Corsican, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Frisian, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Occitan, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sardinian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian
A female given name, form of Mary.
Maria is a feminine given name. It is given in many languages influenced by Latin Christianity. It has two separate origins: the feminine form of the Roman name Marius (see Maria (gens)), and, more significantly, as the Latin form of the name of Mary, mother of Jesus.
Maria (Μαρία) is a form of the name used in the New Testament, standing alongside Mariam Μαριάμ. It reflets the Syro-Aramaic name Maryam, which is in turn derived from the Biblical Hebrew name Miriam. As a result of their similarity and syncretism, the Latin original name Maria and the Hebrew-derived Maria combined to form a single name.
The name is also sometimes used as a male (middle) name. This was historically the case in many Central European countries and still is the case in countries with strong Catholic traditions, where it signified patronage of the Virgin Mary (French-speakers often did the same with Marie).
Besides Maria, Mother of Jesus (see Blessed Virgin Mary or Virgin Mary), there are three other women named Maria in the New Testament: Maria Magdalena and Maria Salomé, disciples of Jesus and Maria Betânia, sister of Lazarus. In Quranic tradition, the name is rendered Maryam, but Arabic reflects the Christian given name as Mārya مارية or Māryā ماريا Mārya al-Qibiṭiyya, a Coptic Egyptian woman given to Muhammad as a slave.
Mária is a Hungarian and Slovak form of Maria or Mary.
The name is found in the Mária Valéria Bridge between Hungary and Slovakia on the middle of the bridge named after Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria.
Fem. proper name, from Late Latin; see Mary.
Mother, another form of Mary. Sea of bitterness, sea of sorrow.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria Sharapova | 1987 | Russian tennis player |
| 2 | Maria Shriver | 1955 | Journalist and author from the United States |
| 3 | Maria Ozawa | 1986 | Japanese adult video actress |
| 4 | Maria Bello | 1967 | Actress, humanitarian |
| 5 | Maria Menounos | 1978 | American actress, journalist, television host, and occasional professional wrestler |
| 6 | Maria Kanellis | 1982 | American professional wrestler, model, and singer |
| 7 | Maria Altmann | 1916 | Filed successful lawsuit against government of Austria for return of family artwork plundered by the Nazis |
| 8 | Maria von Trapp | 1905 | Singer and main subject of the film The Sound of Music |
| 9 | Maria Callas | 1923 | American-born Greek operatic soprano |
| 10 | Maria Theresa of Austria | 1717 | Ruling Archduchess of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, Wife of Emperor Francis Stephen of Lorraine |
| 11 | Marie Thérèse of Austria | 1638 | French queen consort |
| 12 | Maria Bartiromo | 1967 | TV journalist, author |
| 13 | Maria Bamford | 1970 | American actress and comedian |
| 14 | Maria Doyle Kennedy | 1964 | Irish actress and singer |
| 15 | Maria Diane Brink | 1977 | American singer |
| 16 | Maria Hill | Comic book character | |
| 17 | bieja culia | 1870 | Italian pedagogue, philosopher and physician |
| 18 | Maria Goretti La Mosca | 1890 | Italian saint |
| 19 | Maria Reynolds | ||
| 20 | Cara Santa Maria | 1983 | Blogger, scientist, writer |
| 21 | Maria Czubaszek | 1939 | |
| 22 | Ranty Maria | 1999 | Indonesian actress |
| 23 | Maria Goretti | 1972 | Indian actress |
| 24 | Maria Grazia Capulli | 1960 | Italian journalist and writer |
| 25 | Micaela Anna Mozart | 1751 | Austrian musician |
| 26 | Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia | 1953 | Russian Grand Duchess |
| 27 | Maria Thayer | 1975 | American actress |
| 28 | Maria Eagle | 1961 | British politician |
| 29 | Rakesh Maria | 1957 | Indian police officer |
| 30 | Maria Rasputin | 1898 | Daughter of Grigori Rasputin; memoirist, circus performer |
| 31 | Maria de Medeiros | 1965 | Portuguese actress, film director and singer |
| 32 | Maria Riva | 1924 | A German-born American actress |
| 33 | Maria al-Qibtiyya | Sahabah | |
| 34 | Maria Dizzia | 1974 | American actress |
| 35 | Maria Cantwell | 1958 | United States Senator from Washington |
| 36 | Maria Kirilenko | 1987 | Russian tennis player |
| 37 | Maria Grazia Cucinotta | 1968 | Italian actress. |
| 38 | Maria Júlia Coutinho | 1978 | |
| 39 | Juana Maria | 1811 | Native American |
| 40 | Maria Köstlinger | 1972 | Austrian actress |
| 41 | Maria I of Portugal | 1734 | Portuguese monarch |
| 42 | Maria Schell | 1926 | Austrian actress |
| 43 | Maria Cole | 1922 | American jazz singer, wife of Nat King Cole |
| 44 | Maria Schicklgruber | 1795 | Adolf Hitler's paternal grandmother |
| 45 | Maria Pitillo | 1966 | American actress |
| 46 | Maria Koschny | 1981 | German voice actor |
| 47 | Maria Connor | ||
| 48 | Maria Tallchief | 1925 | Prima ballerina of Native American descent |
| 49 | Maria Muldaur | 1943 | American folk-blues singer |
| 50 | Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg | 1956 | Grand Duchess of Luxembourg |
| 51 | Maria II of Portugal | 1819 | Queen of Portugal |
| 52 | Maria Zakharova | 1975 | Russian diplomat and journalist |
| 53 | Maria Takagi | 1978 | Japanese pornographic film actor |
| 54 | Maria McKee | 1964 | American singer/songwriter |
| 55 | Maria Fahl Vikander | 1951 | Swedish actress |
| 56 | Maria Carolina of Austria | 1752 | Archduke of Austria |
| 57 | Maria Konarowska | 1980 | Polish actress |
| 58 | Maria Friedman | 1960 | British actress |
| 59 | Maria Teresa Kiszczak | 1934 | |
| 60 | Maria Stark | ||
| 61 | Maria Popova | 1984 | Writer |
| 62 | Maria Ewing | 1950 | Singer |
| 63 | Maria Gaetana Agnesi | 1718 | Italian mathematician and philanthropist |
| 64 | Maria Wasti | 1978 | Pakistani actor-model |
| 65 | Maria Sibylla Merian | 1647 | Scientific illustrator |
| 66 | Maria Montez | 1912 | Dominican actress |
| 67 | Maria Christina of Austria | 1858 | Queen consort of Spain |
| 68 | Maria Ketikidou | 1966 | German actress |
| 69 | Maria Pakulnis | 1956 | Polish actress |
| 70 | Maria Taylor Hyatt | 1987 | American basketball announcer |
| 71 | Maria Whittaker | 1968 | English singer and glamour model |
| 72 | Maria Cardona | 1966 | Consultant and political strategist |
| 73 | Maria Goeppert-Mayer | 1906 | German-born American theoretical physicist |
| 74 | Meri Voskanian | 1987 | German singer |
| 75 | Maria Franziska von Trapp | 1914 | Austrian-American singer |
| 76 | Maria McErlane | 1957 | British actor and comedian |
| 77 | Maria Fitzherbert | 1756 | Mistress of British king |
| 78 | Maria Sakkari | 1995 | Greek tennis player |
| 79 | Maria Alyokhina | 1988 | Russian political activist and musician |
| 80 | Maria Feodorovna | 1759 | Wife of Paul I of Russia |
| 81 | Maria Teresa Ruta | 1960 | Italian television presenter |
| 82 | Maria Mena | 1986 | Norwegian musician |
| 83 | Maria Elena Boschi | 1981 | Italian politician |
| 84 | Maria Lourdes Sereno | 1960 | 24th Chief Justice of the Republic of the Philippines |
| 85 | Maria Pia Di Meo | 1939 | Italian actress and voice actress |
| 86 | Maria Mitchell | 1818 | American astronomer |
| 87 | Maria Anna of Spain | 1606 | Czech queen |
| 88 | Maria Ouspenskaya | 1876 | Actress, acting and dance coach |
| 89 | Maria Leitner | 1960 | Italian journalist |
| 90 | Maria Mandel | 1912 | Austrian Holocaust perpetrator |
| 91 | Maria of Yugoslavia | 1900 | Yugolavian Queen |
| 92 | Maria Borges | 1992 | Angolan model |
| 93 | Maria Chudnovsky | 1977 | Mathematician and engineer |
| 94 | Maria Franca Fissolo | 1918 | |
| 95 | Maria Kwiatkowsky | 1985 | German actress |
| 96 | Maria Miller | 1964 | British politician |
| 97 | Maria Fuchs | 1975 | German actress |
| 98 | Maria Martinez | 1887 | American potter |
| 99 | Maria Cristina Maccà | 1967 | Italian actress |
| 100 | Maria Ho | 1983 | American poker player |
| 101 | Maria Paseka | 1995 | Russian artistic gymnast |
| 102 | Maria Schrader | 1965 | German actress, screenwriter, and film director |
| 103 | Maria Lark | 1997 | Actress |
| 104 | Maria Alexandrovna | 1824 | Wife of Alexander II of Russia |
| 105 | Maria Teresa de Filippis | 1926 | Italian racecar driver |
| 106 | Maria Tutaia | 1987 | New Zealand netball player |
| 107 | Maria Petrova | 1977 | Russian figure skater |
| 108 | Maria Wern | Fictional character | |
| 109 | Maria Leopoldina of Austria | 1797 | Austrian noble |
| 110 | Maria Luisa of Parma | 1751 | Queen consort of Spain |
| 111 | Maria Joana | 1986 | |
| 112 | Maria Grazia Chiuri | 1964 | Italian fashion designer |
| 113 | Maria Paula Fidalgo | 1970 | Brazilian actress |
| 114 | Maria João | 1955 | Brazilian model |
| 115 | Maria José Martínez-Patiño | 1961 | |
| 116 | Maria Aitken | 1945 | Actress, writer, producer and director |
| 117 | Maria Canals-Barrera | 1966 | US actress and singer |
| 118 | Maria LaRosa | 1976 | American meteorologist |
| 119 | Maria Persson | 1959 | Swedish actress |
| 120 | Maria Schneider | 1960 | American musician |
| 121 | Maria Bueno | 1939 | Brazilian tennis player |
| 122 | Maria Contreras-Sweet | 1955 | American politician |
| 123 | Maria Konnikova | 1984 | American journalist |
| 124 | Maria Monsè | 1974 | Italian actress |
| 125 | Maria Edgeworth | 1768 | Irish writer |
| 126 | Maria Hertogh riots | 1937 | |
| 127 | Maria Gatland | 1948 | British politician |
| 128 | Maria Duval | 1938 | Amulet Supreme, pseudonym of Carolina Maria Gambia |
| 129 | Maria Cordero | 1954 | Hong Kong singer-actor |
| 130 | Maria Laura Rodotà | 1961 | Italian journalist |
| 131 | Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily | 1772 | Czech queen |
| 132 | Maria Clara Gueiros | 1965 | Brazilian actress |
| 133 | Maria Veitola | 1973 | Finnish journalist |
| 134 | Maria Teresa Carlson | 1963 | Filipino actor and model |
| 135 | Maria Vassilakou | 1969 | Viennese politician |
| 136 | Maria Isabel Lopez | 1962 | Filipino movie and television actress |
| 137 | Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily | 1782 | Noblewoman |
| 138 | Maria Sansone | 1981 | American sports announcer |
| 139 | Maria Carlsson | 2000 | German translator |
| 140 | Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal | 1527 | Portuguese princess |
| 141 | Maria João Pires | 1944 | Pianist |
| 142 | Maria Beltrão | 1971 | Brazilian journalist |
| 143 | Maria Cosway | 1760 | Painter from Italy who lived and worked in Italy, England and France |
| 144 | Maria Amelia Monti | 1962 | Italian actress |
| 145 | Maria Molina | 1987 | U.S. television meteorologist |
| 146 | Maria Winiarska | 1951 | Polish actress |
| 147 | Maria Clara Spinelli | Brazilian actress | |
| 148 | Maria Harfanti | 1992 | Beauty pageant title holder |
| 149 | Maria Bonnevie | 1973 | Norwegian-Swedish actress |
| 150 | Maria Quiban | 1970 | American actress |
| 151 | Maria Jahn | 1987 | |
| 152 | Maria De Filippi | 1961 | Italian television presenter |
| 153 | Maria Cláudia | 1949 | Brazilian actress (b. 1949) |
| 154 | Maria Howell | American actress, singer and composer | |
| 155 | Maria Luisa of Spain | 1745 | Czech queen |
| 156 | Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal | 1482 | Queen of Portugal |
| 157 | Maria Valtorta | 1897 | Italian writer |
| 158 | Walter De Maria | 1935 | American sculptor |
| 159 | Maria Höfl-Riesch | 1984 | German alpine skier |
| 160 | Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress | 1528 | Czech queen |
| 161 | Maria Concetta Mattei | 1957 | Italian journalist and television presenter |
| 162 | Maria V. Snyder | American writer | |
| 163 | Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies | 1806 | Queen consort of Spain |
| 164 | Maria Zbyszewska | 1925 | Polish actress |
| 165 | Maria Ramos | 1959 | Portuguese-South African businessman |
| 166 | Tatjana Maria | 1987 | German tennis player |
| 167 | Maria Anna of Neuburg | 1667 | Queen consort of Spain |
| 168 | Maria Happel | 1962 | German actress |
| 169 | Maria Semple | 1964 | Television producer, television writer and novelist |
| 170 | Maria Amalia of Saxony | 1724 | Queen consort of Spain |
| 171 | Maria Reiter | 1909 | Adolf Hitler's love interest |
| 172 | Maria Kang | 1980 | |
| 173 | Maria Fernanda | 1928 | Brazilian actress |
| 174 | Ida Maria | 1984 | Norwegian singer |
| 175 | Maria Woodworth-Etter | 1844 | American evangelist |
| 176 | Maria Isabella Kirkitadse | 1971 | German actress and lawyer |
| 177 | Maria Ford | 1966 | Latin American film and television actress, model and dancer |
| 178 | Maria Toorpakay | 1990 | Pakistani squash player |
| 179 | Maria Luisa of Savoy | 1688 | Queen consort of Spain |
| 180 | Maria Sotskova | 2000 | Russian figure skater |
| 181 | Maria Josepha of Austria | 1699 | Queen of Poland |
| 182 | Maria Mia | 1980 | German pornographic actress |
| 183 | Maria Montazami | 1965 | Swedish television personality |
| 184 | Maria Monk | 1816 | Impostor |
| 185 | Maria | Leading female character in West Side Story | |
| 186 | Maria Mutola | 1972 | Athlete |
| 187 | Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova | 1835 | Mother of Vladimir Lenin |
| 188 | Maria Estela | 1942 | Brazilian actor |
| 189 | Maria Hinojosa | 1961 | Journalist |
| 190 | Maria Fowler | 1986 | Best known for her appearances on The Only Way Is Essex, You've Been Framed Star, |
| 191 | Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg | 1599 | |
| 192 | Maria Bochkareva | 1889 | Russian counter revolutionary |
| 193 | Maria Ressa | 1963 | Filipino journalist |
| 194 | Maria Josepha of Bavaria | 1739 | Holy Roman empress |
| 195 | Maria Clementina Sobieska | 1702 | Polish noble |
| 196 | Maria Palma Petruolo | 1989 | Italian actress |
| 197 | Maria W. Stewart | 1803 | American activist |
| 198 | Maria Korp | 1955 | Australian victim of crime |
| 199 | Maria Catalano | 1982 | British snooker player |
| 200 | Maria Körber | 1930 | German actress and voice actress |