Gender Feminine
Pronounced Pron. /ma.ˈɾe.li/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Combination of María or Mar with the popular Latin American name suffix ly. It had a little spike in popularity in 2007 after the airing of the Mexican telenovela Yo amo a Juan Querendón, which featured a character by this name.

Related Names

VariantsMar, María(Spanish) Maritza(Spanish (Latin American))
DiminutivesMariela, Marita, Mía, Marieta(Spanish) Mariel(Spanish (Latin American)) Mariel(Spanish (Philippines))
Other Languages & CulturesMarietjie(Afrikaans) Marie(Albanian) Mariam, Maryam(Arabic) Mariem, Meriem(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Mari, Maria, Mariam, Meri, Marieta(Armenian) Məryəm(Azerbaijani) Märyäm, Maryam(Bashkir) Maria, Miren, Maddi, Maia(Basque) Mariya, Maryia(Belarusian) Mary, Miriam(Biblical) Maria, Mariam(Biblical Greek) Miryam(Biblical Hebrew) Maria(Biblical Latin) Merjem, Merjema(Bosnian) Mari, Mai(Breton) Maria, Mariya, Mariela, Marieta, Mariyka(Bulgarian) Mar, Maria, Mariona, Ona(Catalan) Maria(Corsican) Marija, Maja, Mara, Mare, Marica, Marijeta, Mia(Croatian) Marie, Miriam, Maja, Marika(Czech) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Majken, Maren, Mia, Mie(Danish) Mariyam(Dhivehi) Maria, Marie, Marjo, Mirjam, Jet, Maaike, Manon, Marieke, Mariëlle, Mariëtte, Marije, Marijke, Marijse, Marike, Marion, Mariska, Marita, Marja, Marjon, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria(Dutch) Maleah, Malia, Maliyah, Maria, Marie, Mary, Maura, Miriam, Moira, Mae, Mamie, Maree, Mariah, Marian, Marinda, Marion, Maureen, May, Mayme, Merrion, Mia, Mimi, Molly, Mora(English) Mariel(English (American)) Maarja, Mari, Maria, Mirjam, Maarika, Mai, Maia, Maie, Mall, Malle, Mare, Marika, Maris, Marje, Marju(Estonian) Maria(Faroese) Mere, Miriama(Fijian) Maaria, Maria, Marja, Marjo, Meeri, Mirjam, Mirjami, Maarika, Maija, Maila, Mari, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marje, Marjukka, Marjut, Miia, Mirja, Mirka(Finnish) Marie, Myriam, Manon, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise, Maryse(French) Maria, Maike, Mareike(Frisian) María, Maruxa(Galician) Mari, Mariam, Meri(Georgian) Malia, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam, Maike, Maja, Malea, Mareike, Mariele, Marietta, Marika, Marion, Marita, Meike, Mia, Mitzi, Ria(German) Maria, Meri, Marieta, Marietta, Marika(Greek) Maryamu(Hausa) Malia(Hawaiian) Miriam, Miryam, Miri(Hebrew) Mariamne(History) Mária, Maja, Mara, Mari, Marica, Marietta, Marika, Mariska(Hungarian) María, Mæja(Icelandic) Maryam(Indonesian) Máire, Maura, Moira, Moyra, Muire, Máirín, Maureen(Irish) Maria, Miriam, Marica, Mariella, Marietta, Marika, Mia, Miriana(Italian) Märiyam(Kazakh) Maija, Marija, Māra, Mārīte(Latvian) Marija, Marytė(Lithuanian) Marija, Maja, Mare(Macedonian) Mariam(Malay) Marija(Maltese) Moirrey, Voirrey(Manx) Mere, Miriama(Maori) Malle, Molle(Medieval English) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Maren, Mia, Mie(Norwegian) Maria(Occitan) Maryam(Persian) Maria, Miriam, Maja, Marietta, Marika, Mariola, Maryla, Marysia, Marzena(Polish) Maria, Miriam, Mariana, Mariane, Mariazinha(Portuguese) Maria, Maricica, Marieta, Marioara(Romanian) Maria, Mariia, Mariya, Manya, Marusya, Marya, Masha, Miya(Russian) Márjá(Sami) Mele(Samoan) Maria(Sardinian) Mhairi, Moira, Moyra(Scottish) Màiri, Moire(Scottish Gaelic) Marija, Maja, Mara, Marica(Serbian) Mária, Miriam, Maja, Marika, Miriama(Slovak) Marija, Mirjam, Maja, Manca, Manja, Mare, Marica, Maruša, Mia, Mija(Slovene) Maryan(Somali) Marja(Sorbian) Mariamu(Swahili) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Maj, Maja, Majken, Marika, Mia, My(Swedish) Märyam, Maryam(Tatar) Mele(Tongan) Meryem(Turkish) Maria, Mariia, Mariya, Mariyka, Marusya(Ukrainian) Mariyam, Maryam(Urdu) Meryem(Uyghur) Mareye(Walloon) Mair, Mari(Welsh) Mariama(Western African)

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Entry added July 18, 2025