Maria
Usually a girl's name
- Meaning
- Latin form of Mary. Origin disputed: Hebrew 'bitter' or 'rebellion', or Egyptian 'beloved' Disputed
Often said to mean 'star of the sea'; that began as a later alteration of St. Jerome's 'drop of the sea'.
- Origin
- Latin, from Hebrew
- Popularity
US 2025: #87 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #88
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.