Maria (given name)

Maria is usually a female human name. In some places, it is used as a male human name. However, as a male name it usually occurs as a middle name (e.g. Jose Maria). The name is originally from the Hebrew name Miriam.

Names

• Maria, Mary in Danish, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian and Swedish
• María, Mary in Dutch, Spanish
• Μαρία, Maria in Greek
• Mariah, an alternate form

People

Only name

• Maria I, Potuguese queen
• Maria II, Portuguese queen
• Maria is a Danish R&B singer
• Maria, Bulgarian singer
• Maria, Lebanese singer
• Maria, French supermodel

Given name

• Roxann Maria Caballero, American actress and director
• Maria Carrington, Dance Dance Revolution player who goes by the name of Ria and resides in Orlando, Florida
• Maria Kanellis, diva in World Wrestling Entertainment
• Maria Mena, Norwegian pop singer
• Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player, formerly world number one and Wimbledon 2004 Champion

Fictional characters

• Maria, character in the musical West Side Story
• Maria, character in the musical The Sound of Music
• Maria Robotnik, character in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe who is Dr. Eggman's cousin
• Maria, character from Final Fantasy II
• Maria, character in the second installment of Konami's Silent Hill

Songs

• "Maria (1956 song)", by Leonard Bernstein, in West Side Story
• "Maria", song by Ricky Martin.
• "Maria", song by Rage Against the Machine.
• "Maria", song by Green Day.
• "Maria (1999 song)", song by Blondie.
• "Maria", song in West Side Story.
• "Maria Maria" , song by Carlos Santana

Novels

• Maria, novel by Mary Wollstonecraft, published posthumously
• María, Colombian costumbrist novel by Jorge Isaacs

Languages

• Maria, Dravidian language spoken in India
• Maria, language spoken in Papua New Guinea

Other

• Ave Maria, a prayer
• 170 Maria, asteroid
• Hurricane Maria, tropical cyclone which was active in the central Atlantic Ocean during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season
• Maria, Siquijor, Philippines
• Maria mole, Brazilian dessert
• Maria, plural of mare, a geological feature on the Moon
• Maria, a reachability analyzer for concurrent systems

See also

• Mary
• Mario (disambiguation)