Mariana

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Marijana in HR Croatia, SE Sweden, NO Norway and 2 more, Marianna in PL Poland, HU Hungary, FI Finland, Марианна in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and Мар’яна in UA Ukraine.

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 23 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◐

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

• English given name750K records spelled Mariana36 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Ecuador, Venezuela

  Languages: English, German, Danish

  Also written Mari-Ana, Maríana, Märiänä, Märïänä, Màŕìàńà

• Romanian given name68K records spelled Mariana3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Moldova, Romania, United States, Italy

• Indonesian given name46K records spelled Mariana7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Spain

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Mariana, Mariana', Maríana, Märiäna

• a separate given name40K records spelled Mariana3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Romania, United Kingdom, Spain

  Also written Măriana, Maríana

• Lao given name12K records spelled Mariana20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, United States, Chile

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written มาเรียนา, Máríáná, มาเรียน่า, Märïänä, Märiänä

• Finnish given name9.7K records spelled Mariana7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Estonia, Romania

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Mãrîanã, Maríana, Märiänä, Marĭana

67 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●

Mariana 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 English, Trench, Pacific; pers. name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Russian, de Miryam, probablement de mrym, aimée, désirée.

  as a name·Russian Names

• In Italian, feminine singular of mariano

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Finnish, essive singular of Maria

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, inflection of Mariānus:

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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) — 133 years between 1888–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Mariana Victoria of Spainb. 1718ESInfanta of Spain by birth, later regent of Portugal (lived 1718-1781)
• Mary Andersonb. 1866USnot in their usual nameinventor of the windshield wiper blade (1866–1953)
• Mariana Mazzucatob. 1968ITItalian-American economist, professor (University College London)
• Mariana Popovab. 1978BGBulgarian singer
• Mariana Klavenob. 1979USAmerican actress
• Mariana Ximenesb. 1981BRBrazilian actress
• Mariana Duqueb. 1989COColombian tennis player
• Lali Espósitob. 1991ARnot in their usual nameArgentine singer and actress
• Marob. 1994PTnot in their usual namePortuguese singer (1994-)
• Mariamne Inot in their usual namesecond wife of Herod the Great

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 · 1,278 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mariana?

We estimate roughly 980 thousand people bear Mariana (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.

In which country does Mariana have the most bearers?

Mariana is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled mariana.

Where is Mariana most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Mariana is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 145 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Mariana compared with other names?

In Argentina, Mariana is the 132nd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Mariana a male or female name?

Mariana 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 Mariana mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name, equivalent to English Marian, Mariana, or Marianne