Name
MARA

Name MARA

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 135,243 births of Mara in the countries below, which represents an average of 952 births of children bearing the first name Mara per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 2,080 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Mara   
In Italiano Nome Mara   
Available variants : Mará , Mára , Māra


Information about the first name Mara

The first name Mara is listed in our categories :The first name Mara has been assigned to:
0.30% to boys
99.70% to girls
The country where the first name Mara is the most common is:
BR Brazil
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Mara

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Mara : Aamr, Amar, Amra, Aram, Arma, Maar, Ra Ma, Raam, Rama, Ráma

Anacyclics of the first name Mara

An anacyclic is a word or phrase that can be read in the normal sense of reading or in the opposite direction. Here is the list of names that are anonymous of the given name Mara: Aram

Mara in Japanese *

Romajimara
Katakanaマラ
Hiraganaまら
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Mara in Japanese
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Mara in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Mara

US English
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Old Norse mara, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ, cognate with Old English mare or mære. Doublet of mare. See nightmare.
Etymology src :
  • From Hebrew מָרָא‎ (mara, “bitterness”), derived from Hebrew מַר‎ (mar, “bitter”). The modern given name may also be shortened from Maria or Tamara.
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Sanskrit मार (māra).
Etymology src :
  • From O'Mara, a variant of O'Meara.
Etymology src :
  • From New World Spanish mará.
Etymology src :
  • From Sanskrit मर (mara), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”). Doublet of mortality.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mara (plural maras)
  • (European folklore) A nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Mara
  • A Maran Australian Aboriginal prefixing language spoken in southeastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mara (plural maras)
  • (Buddhism) A type of god that prevents accomplishment or success.
  • (Buddhism) Any malicious or evil spirit.
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Mara
  • (rare) A female given name from Hebrew.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mara (plural maras)
  • Any caviid rodent of genus Dolichotis, common in the Patagonian steppes of Argentina.
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Mara
  • A surname from Irish.
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Mara
  • (Hinduism) The Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama.
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Mara
  • (Slavic mythology) The Slavic goddess of winter and death; Marena or Maržanna.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • Mara (plural Maras)
  • A member of a predominantly agricultural tribe of southern Assam and western Burma.
  • Synonym: Lakher
Anagrams src :
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːɹə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɹə
General
Etymology src :
  • From a Karelian diminutive of some Eastern Orthodox name (in Karelia) and possibly from Swedish mar as a geographical term in Western Finland.
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • the Mara
  • A river in Tanzania and Kenya.
ES Spanish
Etymology src :
  • Clipping of marabunta.
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Tamil மரம் (maram, “tree”) (occurring in the names of many woods).
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mara f (plural maras)
  • (colloquial) people in one's in-group, crew, gang, squad
  • Cariño, hoy en la noche saldré con la mara de la empresa. ― Honey, tonight I'm going out with the crew from work.
  • (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) criminal gang
  • A mediados de 2012, se acordó una tregua entre las maras salvadoreñas y el gobierno local. ― In mid-2012, a truce was orchestrated between Salvadorian gangs and the local government.
  • Synonym: pandilla
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mara f (plural maras)
  • Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum)
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mara f (plural maras)
  • Calophyllum calaba
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mara f (plural maras)
  • Obsolete form of maga (“Thespesia grandiflora”).
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɾa/ [ˈma.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: ma‧ra
ID Indonesian
Etymology src :
  • From Sanskrit मार (māra, “slaughter, destruction”).
Etymology src :
  • Unknown
Etymology src :
  • From Sanskrit कोट (koṭa, “fort, shed, hut”) +‎ मार (māra, “killing, destroying”).
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mara (first-person possessive maraku, second-person possessive maramu, third-person possessive maranya)
  • calamity, danger
  • Synonyms: bahala, bahaya, bala, bencana, cobaan, dakiat, keapesan, kecelakaan, kegagalan, kemaharan, kemalangan, kemudaratan, kerugian, kesialan, malapetaka, mara
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • mara
  • to go
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mara (first-person possessive maraku, second-person possessive maramu, third-person possessive maranya)
  • Alternative spelling of kotamara (“a kind of naval defensive structure”).
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈma.ra]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ra
Old English
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-Germanic *maizô.
Adjective src :
  • māra
  • more
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːrɑ/
Adjective (Descendants) src :
  • Middle English: more, mare, mooreEnglish: moreScots: mairYola: mo', more
Polish
Etymology src :
  • Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mara.
Noun src :
  • mara f
  • (literary) dream, nightmare
  • (Slavic mythology) a creature that drinks the blood of sleeping people; wight
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: ma‧ra
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • → Belarusian: ма́ра (mára)
Noun (See also) src :
  • zmora
PT Portuguese
Etymology src :
  • From Spanish mara.
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • mara (invariable)
  • (Brazil, slang) Clipping of maravilhoso.
  • Carmen Pimentel (quoting “Siba”), Comunidades virtuais, comunidades linguísticas in 2015, Idioma, n. 29, page 192:
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mara f (plural maras)
  • mara (Central American street gang)
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • mara
  • inflection of marar:
  • third-person singular present indicative
  • second-person singular imperative
Pronunciation src :
  • Homophone: Mara
Scottish Gaelic
Noun src :
  • mara f sg
  • genitive singular of muir (“sea, ocean”)
Icelandic
Noun src :
  • mara f (genitive singular möru, nominative plural mörur)
  • This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Verb src :
  • mara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative maraði, supine marað)
  • to float under the surface
SE Swedish
Etymology src :
  • From Old Norse mara, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ; cognate to Old English mare or mære.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mara c
  • a mythological creature blamed for giving people nightmares
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mara c
  • Clipping of maratonlopp n (“marathon race”).
Anagrams src :
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /²mɑːra/
  • Rhymes: -²ɑːra
Esperanto
Etymology src :
  • From maro +‎ -a.
Adjective src :
  • mara (accusative singular maran, plural maraj, accusative plural marajn)
  • sea, of or relating to the sea
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈmara]Rhymes: -araHyphenation: mar‧a
RO Romanian
Proper noun src :
  • Mara f (genitive/dative Marei)
  • a female given name
FI Finnish
Etymology src :
  • Diminutive of Martti.
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed to Western Finnish dialects from Swedish mara, which is a demon that sits on the chest of a sleeping person and causes bad dreams. This demon is known by similar names among Germanic peoples and lives in English nightmare, in Swedish mardröm (“nightmare”) and in German Nachtmahr (“nightmare”), among others.
Etymology src :
  • From Spanish mará.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mara
  • (folklore) nightmare, mara (demon that causes bad dreams)
  • Synonym: painajainen
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Mara
  • a diminutive of the male given name Martti
  • a surname transferred from the given name
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • mara
  • mara (hare-like South American rodent of the genus Dolichotis)
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Mara
  • a surname
Anagrams src :
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑrɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Ma‧ra
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑrɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ma‧ra
NO Norwegian Nynorsk
Anagrams src :
  • amar, arma
Noun src :
  • mara f (definite singular mara, indefinite plural marer or maror, definite plural marene or marone)
  • (pre-2012) alternative form of mare
  • definite singular of mare
Verb src :
  • mara (present tense marar, past tense mara, past participle mara, passive infinitive marast, present participle marande, imperative mara/mar)
  • Alternative form of mare
NO Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms src :
  • maren m
Noun src :
  • mara f
  • definite singular of mare
Irish
Noun src :
  • mara f
  • inflection of muir (“sea”):
  • genitive singular
  • plural
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈmˠaɾˠə]
Maltese
Etymology src :
  • From Arabic اِمْرَأة‎ (imraʔa, “woman; wife”). Formally, a backformation from the latter’s definite form اَلْمَرْأة‎ (al-marʔa) as in most modern Arabic dialects.
Noun src :
  • mara f (construct state mart or (archaic) mrat, plural nisa, masculine raġel or żewġ)
  • woman
  • wife
  • female (of an animal)
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ra/
 

Popularity of the name Mara

Number of MARA births per year

Popularity of the name Mara
Popularity of the name Mara

Total births of Mara by country

Births with the first name Mara
Country
Boys
Girls
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
280
88,632
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
0
18,359
ESSpain
2002 - 2021
0
5,845
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
0
4,696
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
4
3,076
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
10
2,859
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
0
2,219
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
2,019
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
0
1,271
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
0
1,022
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
115
897
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
0
970
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
0
873
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
0
851
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
1
238
HRCroatia
2018 - 2022
0
177
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
0
164
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
0
161
CLChili
2010 - 2021
0
161
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
0
93
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
0
90
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
0
73
SISlovenia
1992 - 2022
0
62
SESweden
1998 - 2022
0
12
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
0
11
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
0
2
Popularity of the name Mara

Total births of Mara by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Mara
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
0
436
ESSpain
2021
0
435
DEGermany
2022
1
365
NLNetherlands
2022
0
151
CHSwitzerland
2021
0
137
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
0
97
HRCroatia
2022
0
89
ATAustria
2021
0
80
ITItaly
2021
0
61
FRFrance
2022
5
55
BEBelgium
2022
0
45
ARArgentina
2015
0
41
ONOntario
2019
0
23
CLChili
2021
0
14
BCBritish Columbia
2022
0
12
IEIreland
2022
0
11
SISlovenia
2022
0
7
QCQuebec
2022
0
6
ABAlberta
2022
0
5
SESweden
2022
0
3
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
0
1

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Personalities with the first name Mara

There are 35 personalities with the first name Mara

Mara Santangelo src

Italy
Writer Tennis player

Mara Wilson (Mara Elizabeth Wilson) src

United states of america
Film actor Podcaster Writer Singer Stage actor Voice actor Blogger Television actor

Mara Carfagna src

Italy
Model Dancer Politician

Māra Zālīte src

Latvia Soviet union
Writer Poet Playwright Public figure

Mara Corday (Marilyn Joan Watts) src

United states of america
Playboy playmate Model Television actor Film actor

Mara Navarria src

Italy
Fencer

Mara Venier (Mara Povoleri) src

Italy
Actor Television presenter

Mara Abbott src

United states of america
Sport cyclist

Mara Takla Haymanot src


Monarch

Mara Scherzinger src

Germany
Actor Singer Film actor


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Mara
Full list of personalities with the first name Mara

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Mara

There are 630 actors and actresses with the first name Mara
Mara Ehlers
Mara Prates
Mara De La Rosa
Mara Scherzinger
Mara Paulina Adlawan Marasigan
Mara Wilson
Mara Lafontaine
Mara Davi
Mara Virabov
Mara Omaljev
Mara Guill
Mara Pallai
Mara Goyet
Mara Nicolescu
Mara Galeazzi
Mara Hobel
Mara Croatto
Mara Escalante
Mara Maravilha
Mara Sánchez
Mara Holguin
Mara Patricia Castañeda
Mara Casey
Mara New
Mara Carvalho
Mara Manzan
Mara Prado
Mara Madison
Mara Venier
Mara Lise

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Mara
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Mara

Rankings of first name MARA by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#4359FR France2022
#11374DE Germany2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#47HR Croatia2022
#48CH Switzerland2021
#65ES Spain2021
#92AT Austria2021
#97NL Netherlands2022
#169DE Germany2022
#208SI Slovenia2022
#226BE Belgium2022
#267AR Argentina2015
#281IT Italy2021
#301BC British Columbia2022
#374IE Ireland2022
#451GB United Kingdom2021
#487CL Chili2021
#496ON Ontario2019
#618US United State of America2022
#713QC Quebec2022
#795AB Alberta2022
#798FR France2022
#1511SE Sweden2022
#2721CZ Czechoslovakia2016
Other boys' names around Mara
MAQUADEMAQUEMAQUELMAQUESMAQUIELMAQUIREMAQUISONMAQUISUELMARMÁR MARA MARABIMARABIEMARABOUMARABYMARACELMARADIEMARADONMARADONAMARADYMARAF

Other girls' names around Mara
MAQUETEMAQUIMAQUIBERMAQUIELEMAQUIELIMAQUILENEMAQUINNAMAQUIRMAQUISHAMAR MARA MARÁMÁRAMĀRAMARAAMARAAMMARA'ANAMARAANNAMARABAMARABELMARABELA

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