Maryam

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 25 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◐

Maryam is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name100K records spelled Maryam88 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Brazil

  Languages: French, Spanish, Catalan

  Also written Mar'Yam, Màryàm, Märÿäm, Mãryâm, Mar'Yäm

• Indonesian given name63K records spelled Maryam5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Nigeria, Indonesia, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Maryam', 'Maryam

• a separate given name8.3K records spelled Maryam4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Iran, Morocco, Canada

  Also written Maryām, Māryām, Märyäm

• Khmer given name331 records spelled Maryam2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Morocco, Pakistan

  Also written Màryam

• a separate given name281 records spelled Maryam16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Iran, United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom

  Also written Mâryâm, Mârÿãm, Mäřýåm, Màrÿãm, Mãrÿäm

55 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●

Maryam 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, Qur'anic sura title; Mary, mother of Jesus.

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• Biblical. See Miriam and Mary in main dictionary. Mas‘tid ¢ ‘Lucky’. Maysa Perhaps from mayyas ‘to walk with a graceful, proud gait’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Arabic, Mary; mother of ‘Īsā in the Qur’an.

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In Arabic, Mary.

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• Mother of Jesus

  as a name·A Handbook of African Names

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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 94 years between 1914–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Maria Anna of Spainb. 1606ESnot in their usual nameWife of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III (1606-1646)
• Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicilyb. 1772ITnot in their usual namelast Holy Roman Empress and first Empress of Austria
• Maria Montessorib. 1870ITnot in their usual nameItalian physician and educator (1870-1952)
• Corazon Aquinob. 1933PHnot in their usual namePresident of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992
• Sonia Sotomayorb. 1954USnot in their usual nameUS Supreme Court justice since 2009
• Halle Berryb. 1966USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 1966)
• Steffi Grafb. 1969DEnot in their usual nameGerman tennis player
• Shannen Dohertyb. 1971USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1971–2024)
• Maryam Mirzakhanib. 1977USIranian mathematician (1977–2017)
• Cobie Smuldersb. 1982CAnot in their usual nameCanadian actress (born 1982)

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 · 919 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Maryam?

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

In which country does Maryam have the most bearers?

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

How common is Maryam compared with other names?

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

Is Maryam a male or female name?

Maryam 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 Maryam mean?

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