Mariam

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Maria in BR Brazil, ES Spain, AR Argentina and 13 more, Mary in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 3 more, Мария in RU Russia, BG Bulgaria and Marie in FR France.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Mariam is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name123K records spelled Mariam33 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Mãriām, Marîam, Mariàm, Máriam, Mãriam

• Indonesian given name47K records spelled Mariam7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, Spain, India

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Märiąm, Mariàm, Märïãm, Màríám, Mãřįám

• a separate given name15K records spelled Mariam9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Morocco, India, Ethiopia

  Also written Măriam, Mari︠a︡m, Maríam, Măriăm, Máriam

• Danish given name10K records spelled Mariam22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Märïäm, Màrīàm, Māriâm, Märiam, Mãriam

• Turkish given name4.1K records spelled Mariam7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Syria, Nigeria

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen

  Also written Màriàm, Mãriam, Mářîãm

• Italian given name1.4K records spelled Mariam3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Tanzania, Italy

  Also written Mãriam, Māriam

64 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Mariam is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, Mary; the Qur'anic Mary, mother of Jesus.

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In Swedish, Mariam (Maryam) är arabiska former av → Maria. Se även → Miriam och → Meryem.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Arabic, Mary; Qur'anic/Christian figure

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• Fearless.

  as a name·The African book of names

• Amata

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 135 years between 1882–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Mary Stuartb. 1542GBnot in their usual nameQueen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 (1542–1587)
• Mary II of Englandb. 1662GBnot in their usual nameQueen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1694 (1662-1694)
• Mary Wollstonecraftb. 1759GBnot in their usual nameEnglish writer and intellectual (1759–1797)
• Mary Harrisb. 1830USnot in their usual nameIrish-born American labor and community organizer (1837–1930)
• Mary Cassattb. 1844USnot in their usual nameAmerican painter and printmaker (1844—1926)
• Mary Pickfordb. 1892CAnot in their usual nameCanadian actress and producer (1892–1979)
• Vivien Leighb. 1913GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress (1913–1967)
• Mary McAleeseb. 1951IEnot in their usual name8th President of Ireland
• Kris Jennerb. 1955USnot in their usual nameAmerican media personality, socialite, and businesswoman
• Princess Beatrice of Yorkb. 1988GBnot in their usual nameelder daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,200 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mariam?

We estimate roughly 21 million people bear Mariam (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Mariam have the most bearers?

Mariam is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled maria.

How common is Mariam compared with other names?

In Argentina, Mariam is the most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Mariam a male or female name?

Mariam is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Mariam mean?

Recorded meaning: mother of the Prophet 'Isa (Jesus), the Biblical Mary