The first name Maria is of Spanish, Norse, Shakespearean, Latin, Swedish, Italian, Greek, German, French, Bulgaria, Russian, Hebrew origin. It is often a girl name. It has the following meaning(s):

Spanish: Bitter Sea

Norse: Name Not Originally Norse But it Appears in Several Sagas and is the Name of King Harald Sigurdsson's Daughter

Shakespearean: 'Love's Labours Lost' a Lady Attending on the Princess of France. 'Twelfth Night', Also Called 'What You Will' Olivia's Waiting Woman

Latin: Commonly-used Variant of Mary: Wished-for Child; Rebellion; Bitter. Popular With Both Spanish and Non-spanish Cultures

Swedish: Bitter

Spanish: Bitter

Italian: Bitter

Greek: Bitter

German: Bitter

French: Bitter

Bulgaria: Bitter

Russian: Bitter (Masha,Mashenka)

Hebrew: Variant of Mary: Wished-for Child; Rebellion; Bitter

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Alethea  (Greek)
Truth. Alethea Became Popular When the Future King Charles I Courted Spanish Maria Aletea. Sometimes Confused With the Unrelated Althea.'Truthful.' Mythological Goddess of Truth

Amariah  (Biblical)
The Lord Says; the Integrity of the Lord

Amariah  (Hebrew)
Given by God

Anamari  (Basque)
Grace (Ana Maria)

Annamaria  (German)
Bitter Grace

Dolores  (Spanish)
Sorrow. from Maria De Los Dolores (The Virgin Mary, or Mary of the Sorrows.)

Floramaria  (Spanish)
Flower of Mary

Gemariah  (Biblical)
Accomplishment or Perfection of the Lord

Josemaria  (Spanish)
Compound of Jose and Maria

Kamaria  (Swahili)
Like the Moon

Lita  (Spanish)
Diminutive of Lolita: Diminutive of Dolores: Sorrow. from Maria De Los Dolores (The Virgin Mary, or Mary of the Sorrows). Famous Bearer: the Terrible Heroine of the Novel, Lolita , by Vladimir Nabokov

Lo  (Spanish)
Diminutive of Lolita: Diminutive of Dolores: Sorrow. from Maria De Los Dolores (The Virgin Mary, or Mary of the Sorrows). Famous Bearer: the Terrible Heroine of the Novel, Lolita , by Vladimir Nabokov

Lola  (Spanish)
Diminutive of Dolores: Sorrow. from Maria De Los Dolores (The Virgin Mary, or Mary of the Sorrows

Lolita  (Spanish)
Diminutive of Dolores: Sorrow. from Maria De Los Dolores (The Virgin Mary, or Mary of the Sorrows). Famous Bearer: the Terrible Heroine of the Novel, Lolita , by Vladimir Nabokov

Malia  (Spanish)
Variant of Maria

Malita  (Spanish)
Variant of Maria

Mareesa  (Latin)
Variant of Maria

Mareesa  (English)
Variant of Maria

Mariabella  (Spanish)
Beautiful Mary

Mariadok  (Arthurian Legend)
King Mark's Servant

Mariah  (Hebrew)
A Servent of God

Mariah  (Latin)
Bitter, God is My Teacher

Mariah  (English)
Variant of Latin Mary: Bitter

Mariah  (French)
Variant of Latin Mary: Bitter

Mariam  (Latin)
Variant of Mary: Bitter

Mariam  (Arabic)
Arabic Form of Mary

Mariam  (Latin)
Variant of Mary 'Bitter.'

Mariam  (Hebrew)
Wished-for Child

Mariamne  (Hebrew)
Rebellious

Marian  (French)
Bitter

Marian  (English)
From Mary and Ann

Marian  (Hebrew)
Variant of Mary: Wished-for Child; Rebellion; Bitter

Marian  (Latin)
Variant of Mary: Bitter

Marian  (Latin)
Warring

Mariana  (Latin)
Variant of Mary: Bitter. A Shakespearian Character Noted for Her Loyalty in Measure for Measure

Mariana  (Spanish)
Combination of Mary and Ann

Mariana  (Shakespearean)
'All's Well That Ends Well.' Neighbour and Friend to the Widow of Florence 'Measure for Measure' Betrothed to Angelo

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