Mariana (given name)

Mariana

Pronunciation	má-ree-á-na / má-di-á-na
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish
Origin
Word/name	Latin: Marianus
Meaning	Daughter of Marius
Region of origin	Romance-speaking Europe
Other names
Related names	Marianne, Marianna, Marian (Czech; Slovak), Mariano (male variant)
See also	Maria

Mariana is a feminine given name of Latin origin. The masculine equivalent is Marianus which is derived from Marius. Marianus became Mariano in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, such as cult of Mary also, for example.

Nobles

• Mariana of Austria (1634–1696), Queen consort of Spain
• Mariana Koskull (1785–1841), Swedish noble
• Mariana Victoria of Spain (1718–1781), Queen of Portugal
• Infanta Mariana Francisca of Portugal (1736–1813), daughter of King Joseph I of Portugal
• Infanta Mariana Vitória of Portugal (1768–1788), daughter of Queen Maria I of Portugal and King Peter III of Portugal

Writers

• Mariana Codruț (born 1956), Romanian poet, writer and journalist
• Mariana Frenk-Westheim (1898–2004), German-Mexican writer and translator
• Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (1851–1931), American author
• Mariana Starke (c. 1761–1831), English author
• Juan de Mariana (1536–1624), Spanish Jesuit and historian

Entertainers

• Mariana Efstratiou (born 1962), Greek singer
• Mariana Levy (1966–2005), Mexican actress, singer, and television host
• Mariana Molina (born 1990), Brazilian actress
• Mariana Nicolescu (born 1948), Romanian opera singer
• Mariana Ochoa (born 1979), Mexican singer and actress
• Mariana Popova (born 1978), Bulgarian singer
• Mariana Renata (born 1983), Indonesian actress
• Mariana Seoane (born 1976), Mexican actress, model, and singer
• Mariana Sîrbu, Romanian violinist
• Mariana Todorova (born 1974), Bulgarian violinist
• Mariana Ximenes (born 1981), Brazilian actress

Athletes

• Mariana Avitia (born 1993), Mexican archer
• Mariana Chirila (born 1964), Romanian distance runner
• Mariana Constantin (born 1960), Romanian artistic gymnast
• Mariana Díaz Oliva (born 1976), Argentinian tennis player
• Mariana Ohata (born 1978), Brazilian athlete
• Mariana Pajón (born 1991), Colombian cyclist
• Mariana Roriz (born 1980), Brazilian water polo player
• Mariana Simeanu (born 1964), Romanian middle-distance runner
• Mariana Simionescu (born 1956), Romanian tennis player
• Mariana Solomon (born 1980), Romanian triple jumper
• Marijana Šurković (born 1984), Croatian freestyle swimmer

Other people

• Mariana Bracetti (1825–1903), leader of the Puerto Rico independence movement
• Mariana Drăgescu (1912–2013), Romanian military aviator during World War II
• Marianna Knottenbelt (born 1949), Dutch-Canadian photographer, architect and real-estate developer
• Mariana Kotzeva (born 1967), Bulgarian statistician and econometrician
• Mariana Loya (born 1979), American beauty queen
• Mariana Pfaelzer (born 1926), United States federal judge
• Mariana de Pineda Muñoz (1804–1831), martyr of Spanish liberalism
• Marianna Pineda (1925–1996), American sculptor
• Mariana Wolfner, American molecular biologist and geneticist