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The baby name Mar is a Female name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced Spanish/Catalan: /mar/ (≈ [maɾ]); English: /mɑːr/ or /mɑr/.

Mar is Catalan, Spanish in Origin.

Gender: Female
Syllables: 1.0
Origin: Catalan, Spanish
Pronunciation: Spanish/Catalan: /mar/ (≈ [maɾ]); English: /mɑːr/ or /mɑr/

What is the meaning of the name Mar ?

The baby name Mar is a Female name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced Spanish/Catalan: /mar/ (≈ [maɾ]); English: /mɑːr/ or /mɑr/.

Mar is Catalan, Spanish in Origin.

Mar is a multicultural given name. In Spanish, Catalan, Galician, and Portuguese, mar means “sea,” from Latin mare; as a given name it rose in Catalonia and Spain in the late 20th century, usually feminine, and appears in compounds such as María del Mar. In the Semitic tradition, Aramaic/Syriac mar means “lord/master,” a title in Talmudic and Syriac Christian usage that sometimes becomes a personal name. In Icelandic, Már is a masculine name meaning “seagull,” from Old Norse már.

Usage is broadly unisex: common for girls in Spain/Catalonia, for boys as Már in Iceland. Mar also serves as a clipped form of many Mar‑ names - Marina, Maren, María, Marc, Marco, Marcos - and is a familiar nickname in the Philippines. Variants and related forms include Már, María del Mar, and Delmar/Del Mar. Core meanings span sea, lordship, and the seabird image.

Mar has the following similar or variant Names

Mar – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
FJ 0 #6 1 374
BI 0 #12 1 425
ET Girls 0 #16 1 372
MV 0 #18 2 644
BN 0 #27 6 2,297
NA 0 #33 1 2,537
MD 0 #34 1 434
MV Girls 0 #35 1 2,021
EE 0 #37 1 1,051
HN Girls 0 #38 1 884
GE 0 #40 5 997
MT 0 #40 4 1,767
BN Girls 0 #43 69 5,459
HN Boys 0 #52 1 749
MO 0 #52 1 2,706
Spain Girls 0 #54 14,427 5,561
PR 0 #54 2 1,497
AF Girls 0 #57 38 2,402
CY 0 #60 1 1,632
LU 0 #64 3 2,830
AF 0 #71 6 1,883
AL 0 #71 6 2,372
AO 0 #72 6 2,729
Spain 0 #72 1,050 2,326
PH 0 #72 25 5,607
MV Boys 0 #74 6 3,375
SI 0 #80 1 1,612
CN 0 #85 2 3,857
LT 0 #85 4 949
BN Boys 0 #86 48 6,332
QA 0 #86 15 7,011
JM 0 #88 6 3,714
MD Girls 0 #92 1 865
ID Girls 0 #102 1 3,319
SD 0 #102 1 2,130
TW 0 #102 2 4,523
GE Girls 0 #103 6 1,564
GE Boys 0 #109 2 2,055
BD 0 #112 122 5,992
OM 0 #115 7 6,215
EC 0 #116 6 2,502
EE Boys 0 #118 8 2,087
KW 0 #118 4 5,216
IQ 0 #119 11 3,533
PA 0 #119 12 3,797
TN 0 #121 5,098 13,765
PL Boys 0 #128 457 6,459
AZ Boys 0 #130 2 1,400
ID Boys 0 #130 6 4,130
CY Boys 0 #131 1 3,473
GR 0 #132 4 3,911
CR 0 #133 26 5,526
MT Girls 0 #133 19 3,773
UY 0 #133 45 2,477
Switzerland Girls 2024 #134 2 1,786
LT Boys 0 #134 17 2,166
MU 0 #136 2 3,613
MX Girls 0 #137 6,725 17,781
RS Girls 0 #137 1 1,651
EE Girls 0 #139 4 1,888
MX 0 #140 384 8,339
AR 0 #148 39 2,915
BW Girls 0 #148 4 4,216
BW Boys 0 #151 4 4,685
PR Girls 0 #152 10 3,171
RS Boys 0 #154 1 2,277
CZ 0 #163 23 3,154
AE 0 #166 12 10,220
PH Boys 0 #166 261 11,440
PL 0 #166 49 2,600
HU Boys 0 #170 5 3,954
MT Boys 0 #171 9 4,064
LU Girls 0 #172 14 4,850
SI Girls 0 #173 5 2,769
Austria 0 #176 38 850
HR 0 #176 6 2,081
PR Boys 0 #178 1 2,508
IR 0 #179 52 4,221
PL Girls 0 #182 303 5,096
RU 0 #189 6 3,641
AO Girls 0 #195 15 4,575
LT Girls 0 #198 3 1,904
GH 0 #199 45 5,396
IR Girls 0 #199 492 8,334
EC Girls 0 #200 40 3,650
MO Boys 0 #200 24 5,842
AR Girls 0 #204 836 8,289
DK 0 #206 1 5,198
SI Boys 0 #210 2 3,402
AL Girls 0 #211 12 4,141
LU Boys 0 #217 4 4,970
BG Boys 0 #218 3 3,850
PS 0 #221 6 5,692
HU Girls 0 #222 4 3,308
AO Boys 0 #228 15 5,568
BG Girls 0 #228 4 3,559
EC Boys 0 #228 12 3,322
PT 0 #229 18 4,161
TW Boys 0 #230 12 7,111
MO Girls 0 #231 21 7,056
NA Girls 0 #232 6 7,146
GR Girls 0 #233 10 6,293
QA Girls 0 #236 81 15,378
PE 0 #237 74 6,350
UY Girls 0 #237 370 6,731
GT 0 #238 77 5,948
KZ Boys 0 #238 52 6,578
JM Girls 0 #239 21 7,507
CZ Boys 0 #240 65 6,530
SA 0 #240 56 10,560
TW Girls 0 #240 37 8,139
HR Boys 0 #242 17 3,997
JP Girls 0 #248 4 6,592
SG 0 #248 22 11,010
NA Boys 0 #250 4 6,830
MA 0 #251 3,847 20,986
AL Boys 0 #253 46 5,122
HR Girls 0 #259 31 3,687
BO Girls 0 #260 523 9,488
PH Girls 0 #260 132 13,098
CR Girls 0 #263 333 11,342
JM Boys 0 #263 10 6,876
MY Girls 0 #263 1,343 24,821
GT Girls 0 #267 284 7,500
AF Boys 0 #268 7 3,535
NG 0 #269 4 5,926
MY 0 #270 61 12,352
GR Boys 0 #271 3 6,912
Germany 0 #275 169 2,542
EG Girls 0 #284 1,632 14,742
Canada Girls 2021 #286 5 2,910
CZ Girls 0 #288 55 5,378
OM Girls 0 #288 109 15,987
DZ 0 #291 2,301 20,130
JP Boys 0 #296 8 7,909
KZ Girls 0 #296 25 5,862
BO 0 #299 83 6,868
JO Girls 0 #305 21 7,570
Austria Girls 0 #306 117 1,885
IQ Girls 0 #306 213 11,303
KW Girls 0 #308 215 19,177
GH Boys 0 #310 36 8,138
SD Girls 0 #311 35 7,678
EG 0 #314 88 6,387
DK Boys 0 #315 11 7,401
NL 0 #320 72 2,481
DK Girls 0 #324 6 7,429
MU Girls 0 #325 27 8,539
CN Boys 0 #326 6 9,639
GH Girls 0 #329 9 6,973
YE 0 #334 48 8,639
AE Girls 0 #336 221 20,968
BD Girls 0 #339 48 8,413
MU Boys 0 #340 18 8,477
PA Girls 0 #341 145 9,861
PE Girls 0 #341 1,147 14,861
PT Boys 0 #344 24 7,951
SG Girls 0 #345 254 18,916
UY Boys 0 #347 53 5,922
AR Boys 0 #349 121 7,628
HK 0 #350 8 8,483
CN Girls 0 #353 7 8,829
SA Girls 0 #355 730 25,931
JO Boys 0 #359 19 7,057
CO 0 #360 122 7,768
CO Girls 0 #361 1,611 16,140
RU Girls 0 #365 137 11,913
Finland Girls 0 #367 25 1,368
PT Girls 0 #370 82 7,952
Austria Boys 0 #372 71 2,180
CL 0 #373 39 6,867
Germany Girls 0 #391 626 4,949
Finland Boys 0 #409 19 2,041
SD Boys 0 #412 34 10,523
RU Boys 0 #413 93 12,621
GT Boys 0 #418 57 7,625
Germany Boys 0 #421 733 5,697
CR Boys 0 #423 65 10,188
BD Boys 0 #430 152 10,045
ZA 0 #430 18 14,421
EG Boys 0 #443 612 15,035
PA Boys 0 #443 39 9,305
LY 0 #454 82 12,703
IR Boys 0 #458 95 10,162
BH 0 #462 92 17,937
NL Girls 0 #468 606 5,933
HK Boys 0 #476 52 12,905
MX Boys 0 #481 694 16,355
PS Girls 0 #498 26 10,981
MY Boys 0 #503 757 25,439
BO Boys 0 #504 89 9,244
HK Girls 0 #521 95 16,104
CM Girls 0 #529 12 11,671
CL Boys 0 #530 139 13,390
PS Boys 0 #532 17 10,655
IQ Boys 0 #537 131 13,071
CM Boys 0 #538 13 12,054
IT 0 #546 171 4,183
LB 0 #546 113 13,263
CL Girls 0 #556 320 14,098
IL Girls 0 #583 35 11,648
IL Boys 0 #587 21 10,983
QA Boys 0 #589 119 18,093
PE Boys 0 #611 287 14,506
IN Girls 0 #616 16 13,121
Spain Boys 0 #618 334 5,610
SG Boys 0 #619 79 17,960
KW Boys 0 #653 117 18,755
SY 0 #655 74 11,684
IT Girls 0 #707 1,022 9,415
CO Boys 0 #710 215 15,656
NL Boys 0 #720 235 5,873
Finland Girls 2026 #732 7 3,895
NG Girls 0 #760 27 15,093
IT Boys 0 #767 828 10,046
OM Boys 0 #777 105 17,948
SA Boys 0 #783 1,131 28,008
United States Girls 2024 #862 55 8,487
IN Boys 0 #879 123 16,750
United States Boys 2024 #883 10 7,044
AE Boys 0 #893 200 22,615
NG Boys 0 #901 51 16,906
BR Girls 0 #989 4 12,708
ZA Boys 0 #1,107 72 25,619
ZA Girls 0 #1,113 29 25,928
TR 0 #1,123 89 19,440

Mar is popular in 91 countries — most recent births per country:

United States
Switzerland
AE
AF
AL

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People also ask about Mar

Mar is predominantly a girl's name.
Mar is a one syllable name, pronounced Spanish/Catalan: /mar/ (≈ [maɾ]); English: /mɑːr/ or /mɑr/.
Common nicknames and spelling variations include María del Mar, Maria del Mar, María, Mari, Mara and Marion.
Across languages, Mar has these equivalents: Meri (Finnish/Estonian), Moana (Polynesian), Darya (Persian), Morgan (Welsh).
Yes — Mar ranked #134 in Switzerland in 2024, and appears in official birth registries across 4 countries.
Mar ranks highest in Switzerland (#134 in 2024).
Mar's popularity is rising significantly. It moved from #924 in 2014 to #862 in 2024 in United States.