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The baby name Mariam is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced EN: /ˈmæriəm/ (MAR-ee-əm),EN alt: /məˈriːəm/ (muh-REE-əm),Arabic/Hebrew: /maˈriːam/ or /maˈrjam/ (ma-REE-am / ma-RYAM).

Mariam is Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Georgian, Hebrew in Origin.

Gender: Female
Syllables: 3.0
Origin: Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Georgian, Hebrew
Pronunciation: EN: /ˈmæriəm/ (MAR-ee-əm),EN alt: /məˈriːəm/ (muh-REE-əm),Arabic/Hebrew: /maˈriːam/ or /maˈrjam/ (ma-REE-am / ma-RYAM)

What is the meaning of the name Mariam ?

The baby name Mariam is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced EN: /ˈmæriəm/ (MAR-ee-əm),EN alt: /məˈriːəm/ (muh-REE-əm),Arabic/Hebrew: /maˈriːam/ or /maˈrjam/ (ma-REE-am / ma-RYAM).

Mariam is Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Georgian, Hebrew in Origin.

Mariam is the pan-Semitic and Hellenized form of Miryam, attested in Hebrew and Aramaic, rendered in Greek as Mariam/Maria and in Arabic as Maryam. Its etymology is debated: proposals include an Egyptian root mry “beloved,” a Hebrew sense of “bitterness” or “rebellion,” and a devotional reading “wished-for child”; through Latin Christian tradition it also yielded the poetic “star of the sea.”

The name spans Jewish, Christian, and Islamic history: Miriam, sister of Moses; Mary (Mariam/Maria), mother of Jesus; and Qur’anic Maryam, revered in Islam. It has long currency in the Caucasus and Near East (Georgian and Armenian Mariam), the Horn of Africa, and across Europe. Variants and cognates include Maryam, Miriam, Maria, Marie, Mary, Mariya/Marya, Mariamne, and Mariama, with nicknames such as Mari, Mia, Miri, and Masha. Elegant yet grounded in sacred tradition, Mariam remains an internationally familiar choice.

Mariam has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Mariam

Mariam Shengelia Musician · Born 2002 · Georgia Mariam Shengelia is a Georgian singer best known for representing Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Freedom." Born on 14 May 2002, she is a rising artist from Georgia. Mariam Tsitsishvili Royal · Born 1768 · Georgia Mariam Tsitsishvili was best known as the Queen consort of Georgia, the second wife of the last Georgian king, George XII. Also called Maria in some European sources, she was born in 1768 and served as queen of Kartli-Kakheti during George XII’s reign from 1798 to 1800.

Mariam – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Girls 2025 #1 — 874
Germany Girls 2025 #1 — 411
BF Girls 0 #1 38 315
GE Girls 0 #2 813 1,564
BF 0 #3 8 188
GE 0 #3 93 997
AE Girls 0 #4 3,468 20,968
KW Girls 0 #4 3,800 19,177
QA Girls 0 #8 1,074 15,378
FJ Girls 0 #9 1 583
BI 0 #10 3 425
DJ Girls 0 #11 22 488
OM Girls 0 #11 1,378 15,987
EG Girls 0 #12 73,522 14,742
DJ 0 #17 1 322
MV 0 #17 3 644
SV Girls 0 #18 1 458
BH 0 #19 2,338 17,937
BW 0 #19 1 960
SA Girls 0 #19 6,949 25,931
BI Girls 0 #20 14 726
LB 0 #22 4,486 13,263
BF Boys 0 #24 3 439
MV Girls 0 #24 12 2,021
IQ Girls 0 #25 2,651 11,303
BN 0 #30 3 2,297
AF Girls 0 #31 77 2,402
EG 0 #32 2,633 6,387
TM Girls 0 #33 3 574
DJ Boys 0 #36 1 657
EE 0 #37 1 1,051
JO Girls 0 #43 1,508 7,570
KW 0 #43 77 5,216
BI Boys 0 #44 1 917
CM 0 #46 10 2,592
MO 0 #52 1 2,706
PR 0 #53 3 1,497
SD Girls 0 #53 975 7,678
NG Girls 0 #56 5,063 15,093
QA 0 #56 45 7,011
CY 0 #60 1 1,632
PS Girls 0 #60 1,355 10,981
BN Girls 0 #61 46 5,459
AE 0 #62 123 10,220
AF 0 #68 9 1,883
IN 0 #71 1 2,963
AO 0 #73 5 2,729
SD 0 #73 28 2,130
AZ Girls 0 #74 2 1,051
GH Girls 0 #75 735 6,973
SY 0 #80 3,071 11,684
BG 0 #82 1 1,799
OM 0 #82 35 6,215
IQ 0 #83 47 3,533
CY Girls 0 #84 38 3,755
CN 0 #86 1 3,857
GE Boys 0 #98 12 2,055
LY 0 #99 1,020 12,703
JO 0 #101 37 2,158
ID Girls 0 #102 1 3,319
PH 0 #108 3 5,607
Norway Girls 2025 #109 18 453
Belgium Girls 2024 #115 71 424
HU 0 #115 1 1,675
MY Girls 0 #116 2,745 24,821
BW Girls 0 #117 32 4,216
GH 0 #121 143 5,396
France Girls 2021 #122 437 3,185
SA 0 #123 192 10,560
Switzerland Girls 2024 #126 10 1,786
Sweden Girls 2022 #129 52 1,568
MA 0 #130 13,019 20,986
IL Girls 0 #131 1,133 11,648
DK Girls 0 #132 261 7,429
GR 0 #133 3 3,911
MU 0 #133 5 3,613
PA 0 #135 4 3,797
EE Girls 0 #138 5 1,888
BN Boys 0 #139 1 6,332
YE 0 #139 407 8,639
CR 0 #140 19 5,526
MT Girls 0 #140 12 3,773
PR Girls 0 #143 19 3,171
Canada Girls 2024 #153 143 2,795
NG 0 #153 114 5,926
BD Girls 0 #157 290 8,413
RU Girls 0 #161 679 11,913
AO Girls 0 #163 47 4,575
RU 0 #175 15 3,641
PS 0 #178 41 5,692
MT Boys 0 #179 1 4,064
DK 0 #180 24 5,198
CM Girls 0 #181 572 11,671
UY 0 #181 2 2,477
CZ 0 #183 4 3,154
GR Girls 0 #184 59 6,293
LU Girls 0 #187 4 4,850
AR 0 #190 4 2,915
BD 0 #195 33 5,992
LT Girls 0 #200 1 1,904
Austria 0 #203 11 850
NA Girls 0 #204 21 7,146
TN 0 #207 2,235 13,765
BG Girls 0 #211 13 3,559
PL 0 #212 1 2,600
HU Girls 0 #224 2 3,308
AL Girls 0 #227 1 4,141
IR 0 #229 3 4,221
EG Boys 0 #232 1,867 15,035
JP Girls 0 #234 12 6,592
MO Boys 0 #234 1 5,842
IL 0 #236 39 6,291
AO Boys 0 #246 4 5,568
SG 0 #246 24 11,010
PT 0 #249 2 4,161
EC Girls 0 #255 4 3,650
KZ Girls 0 #259 62 5,862
Spain Girls 0 #262 1,826 5,561
MY 0 #262 69 12,352
TW Girls 0 #265 12 8,139
AF Boys 0 #270 5 3,535
GR Boys 0 #270 4 6,912
MU Girls 0 #275 77 8,539
CR Girls 0 #276 307 11,342
JM Girls 0 #277 2 7,507
Finland Girls 0 #287 109 1,368
KZ Boys 0 #293 4 6,578
HR Girls 0 #294 1 3,687
GT 0 #302 13 5,948
SG Girls 0 #311 298 18,916
PH Girls 0 #314 78 13,098
GH Boys 0 #319 27 8,138
PE 0 #323 7 6,350
CN Girls 0 #328 22 8,829
DK Boys 0 #328 5 7,401
CZ Girls 0 #329 13 5,378
CN Boys 0 #331 1 9,639
Austria Girls 0 #336 85 1,885
PL Boys 0 #339 2 6,459
PL Girls 0 #340 15 5,096
ZA 0 #352 96 14,421
JO Boys 0 #353 25 7,057
Spain 0 #356 97 2,326
BO 0 #357 25 6,868
HK 0 #357 1 8,483
BR 0 #358 3 5,969
NL 0 #359 33 2,481
PA Girls 0 #370 114 9,861
MX 0 #376 38 8,339
ZA Girls 0 #380 1,529 25,928
CL 0 #396 16 6,867
Germany 0 #401 37 2,542
PH Boys 0 #407 2 11,440
United States Girls 2024 #408 621 8,487
SD Boys 0 #417 29 10,523
GT Girls 0 #425 81 7,500
PT Girls 0 #431 21 7,952
IR Girls 0 #438 93 8,334
Finland Girls 2026 #443 432 3,895
CO 0 #447 34 7,768
Germany Girls 0 #459 477 4,949
BO Girls 0 #475 138 9,488
AR Boys 0 #480 4 7,628
UY Girls 0 #486 25 6,731
RU Boys 0 #491 15 12,621
NL Girls 0 #497 557 5,933
DZ 0 #504 992 20,130
PA Boys 0 #505 1 9,305
CR Boys 0 #508 3 10,188
IT Girls 0 #518 1,745 9,415
AR Girls 0 #520 80 8,289
PS Boys 0 #520 29 10,655
CM Boys 0 #522 29 12,054
CO Girls 0 #552 741 16,140
HK Boys 0 #555 3 12,905
IQ Boys 0 #563 105 13,071
IR Boys 0 #563 3 10,162
BD Boys 0 #566 11 10,045
IN Girls 0 #585 47 13,121
HK Girls 0 #587 29 16,104
MX Girls 0 #587 885 17,781
IL Boys 0 #588 20 10,983
BO Boys 0 #621 2 9,244
KW Boys 0 #635 135 18,755
IT 0 #657 58 4,183
QA Boys 0 #685 23 18,093
CL Girls 0 #708 144 14,098
SG Boys 0 #737 3 17,960
PE Girls 0 #750 196 14,861
OM Boys 0 #817 65 17,948
TR 0 #829 430 19,440
NG Boys 0 #860 92 16,906
Spain Boys 0 #895 36 5,610
BR Girls 0 #905 37 12,708
CO Boys 0 #911 10 15,656
PE Boys 0 #925 2 14,506
NL Boys 0 #935 17 5,873
Germany Boys 0 #937 16 5,697
AE Boys 0 #1,001 92 22,615
MX Boys 0 #1,026 8 16,355
IN Boys 0 #1,035 5 16,750
MY Boys 0 #1,054 58 25,439
ZA Boys 0 #1,151 28 25,619
SA Boys 0 #1,334 281 28,008
IT Boys 0 #1,396 76 10,046

Mariam is popular in 94 countries — most recent births per country:

France
Norway
Scotland, United Kingdom
Canada
Brussels, Belgium

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People also ask about Mariam

Mariam is predominantly a girl's name.
Mariam is a 3 syllable name, pronounced EN: /ˈmæriəm/ (MAR-ee-əm),EN alt: /məˈriːəm/ (muh-REE-əm),Arabic/Hebrew: /maˈriːam/ or /maˈrjam/ (ma-REE-am / ma-RYAM).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Miriam, Miryam, Maryam, Mariyam, Mariamne and Marija.
Across languages, Mariam has these equivalents: 'Hebrew': 'Miriam (Miryam), 'Russian': 'Maria (Мария).
Yes, very popular — Mariam ranked #1 in Ireland in 2025, and appears in official birth registries across 12 countries.
Mariam ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2025).
Mariam's popularity is rising significantly. It moved from #176 in 2011 to #122 in 2021 in France.
Yes — 2 notable people named Mariam are in our database, including Mariam Shengelia (Musician), Mariam Tsitsishvili (Royal).