María name meaning
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What does María mean?
Hebrew name María means "Bitterness" aimed at baby girls is used notably in Finnish, Swedish, Spanish, Danish and Icelandic. María is equivalent of Maria in Icelandic language.
Variants of María
Maria, Mariam, Mariamne, Mirjam, Alba María, Maribel, Alberta, Albina, Aurora, Alban, Alba, Maarja, Maraike, Mara, Angelamaria, Maite
How popular is the name María?
María is immensely popular in Brazil where every 1 in 20 have the name as well as in, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Angola, Germany, Guatemala, Philippines, Honduras, El Salvador, Greece, Russia, Indonesia, Paraguay, Bolivia, South Africa, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Romania, Nigeria, Poland, Austria, France, Cuba, Belgium, Uganda, Bangladesh, Moldova, England and DR Congo.
Also it is popular in Sweden, Puerto Rico, Panama, Switzerland, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Morocco, Papua New Guinea, Egypt, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Niger, Mozambique, Sudan, South Sudan, Namibia, Belarus, India, Uzbekistan, Cyprus, Netherlands, Canada, Denmark, Australia, Congo, Slovakia, Zambia, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Iran, Burundi, Finland, Turkmenistan, Japan, Luxembourg, Tajikistan, Ireland, Sierra Leone, Czech Republic, Norway, Portugal, Madagascar, São Tomé and Príncipe, Lebanon, New Zealand, Ghana, Andorra, Cameroon, Benin, Libya, Rwanda, Syria, Comoros, Malta, Scotland, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Suriname, Georgia, Wales, Belize, Oman, Estonia and Hungary.
In Mali, Haiti, Algeria, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Togo, Iraq, Somalia, Tunisia, Armenia, Fiji, Northern Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Serbia, Micronesia, Aruba, Senegal, Palau, Croatia, Botswana, Kuwait, Samoa, Dominica, Mauritius, Guam, United Arab Emirates, China, Transnistria, Bahamas, Latvia, Jordan, Lesotho and San Marino it is common while somewhat familiar in Swaziland, Barbados, Vanuatu, Northern Mariana Islands, Iceland, Liberia, Kiribati, Ivory Coast, Turkey, Qatar, Liechtenstein, Hong Kong, Tonga, Guyana, Brunei, Thailand, Bahrain, Saint Lucia, Bulgaria, Saint Martin, Jersey, Seychelles, United States Virgin Islands, Palestine, Mauritania, Djibouti, Albania, Faroe Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Grenada, Abkhazia, Slovenia, Ukraine, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Tuvalu, South Korea, Bermuda, American Samoa, Antigua and Barbuda, South Ossetia, Monaco, Azerbaijan, Cayman Islands, Taiwan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Marshall Islands, Israel, Cook Islands, Vietnam, Singapore, Macau, Lithuania and Greenland.
According to our findings, over 66030000 babies have been named María globally.
Facts
María in Nordic countries
| Countries | Men | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Name | Secondary Name | First Name | Secondary Name | |
 | 641 | 480981 | 333861 | 1111220 |
 | 641 | -638 | 41 | 36 |
 | 641 | -638 | 41 | 36 |
 | 641 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
Other names similar to María, for would be parents
- Joëlle is originated from Hebrew is especially used in Danish and French and a baby girl name, Joëlle means "Lord God or Yahweh is God"
- Anke - Widespread girl name Anke means "He (God) Was Gracious or Mercy" that originated from Hebrew is used mainly in Dutch, German and Finnish
- Nastja - Nastja's meaning is Risen One is prevalently used in Danish and Swedish is used as a girl name
- Claudius - Outstanding and Evergreen boy name Claudius is used mostly in German, Norwegian and Swedish has its origin in English, German and Latin, meaning of Claudius is "Limping, Lame, Crippled or The Element Claudus Meaning Lame Limping"
- Jarne - Frequently Used Jarne commonly is used in Swedish and Norwegian is of Hebrew origin bestowed upon boys, meaning of Jarne is "Yahwe Uplifts"
Famous people named María
- María Nsué Angüe, noted Equatorial Guinean writer and Minister of Education and Culture
- María Sabina, Mazatec 'curandera'
- María San Gil, Spanish Basque politician
- María Isabel Salinas, Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
- María Elena Moyano, Peruvian community organizer
- María Lionza, central figure in one of the most widespread indigenous religions
- María Sornosa Martinez, She sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment
- María Julia Mantilla Mayer, was Miss Peru 1969 and semi-finalist
- María Teresa Herrera, Mexican lawyer
- María Lucía Fernández, Colombian journalist and news presenter
- María de los Ángeles Moreno, Mexican politician
- María Lavalle Urbina, Mexican lawyer and politician
- María Quintanal, sport shooter from Gran Canaria, Spain
- María Kodama, widow of Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges and sole owner of his estate after his death
- María Josefa Acevedo Sánchez, first civilian woman writer in Colombia
- María Dolores Pérez Enciso, writer and journalist
- María Calcaño, Venezuelan poet
- María Amparo Muñoz, 1st Countess of Vista Alegre, daughter of María Christina of the Two Sicilies
- María Luisa Bombal, Chilean author
- María Rosa Menocal, Cuban-born scholar of medieval culture and history and Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University
- María Moliner, Spanish librarian and lexicographer
- María Pacheco, Spanish warrior of the House of Mendoza
- María Ángeles Rodríguez, member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics on home soil
- María de Salinas, noblewoman from Spain
- María Luisa Puga, Mexican writer
- María Elena Sarría, retired Cuban athlete
- María Tomasa Palafox, Marquise of Villafranca, patron and muse of the painter Francisco de Goya y Lucientes and the wife of Francisco de Borja Álvarez de Toledo
- María Inés Falconi, award-winning Argentine writer and theatre director for children and young adults
- María Ana de Pontejos y Sandoval, Marchioness of Pontejos, patron of the artist Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
- María Goyri de Menéndez Pidal, Spanish Hispanist, literary critic, researcher
- María de Zayas, wrote during Spain's Golden Age of literature
- María Ignacia Rodríguez de Velasco y Osorio Barba, Criolla figure in the society of Mexico City
- María de Mater O'Neill, Puerto Rican artist, designer and educator
- María Dhialma Tiberti, Argentine writer
- María Luisa Anido, Argentine classical guitarist and composer
- María Olimpia de Obaldía, Panamanian poet
- María Jiménez, sponsored by La Pipa
- María de Molina, known as María de Molina
- María Eugenia Bielsa, Argentine Justicialist Party politician,
- María Fernanda Morales, prolific Mexican voice actress
- María Luisa Josefa, Mexican Roman Catholic nun
- María Errázuriz, was First Lady of Chile and the wife of President Germán Riesco
- María del Sol, Mexican singer
- María de la Cruz, Chilean political activist for Women's suffrage
- María Cristina Petite, retired Spanish long-distance runner
- María Cristina Betancourt, retired Cuban discus thrower, born in Havana
- María Luisa Larraga, Spanish runner who specializes in the 10
- María de Lourdes Santiago, vice president of the Puerto Rican Independence Party
- María Zambrano, Spanish essayist and philosopher associated with the Generation of '36 movement
- María de los Ángeles Alvariño González, Spanish fishery research biologist and oceanographer globally recognized as an authority
- María Félix, Mexican film actress and singer
- María Celeste Arrarás, Puerto Rican broadcast journalist, author
- María Antonieta Collins, Mexican journalist
Lists having María
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- Girl names beginning with M
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- Danish Girl Names
- Finnish Girl Names
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- Swedish Girl Names
- Baby Names that mean Bitterness
