Maria

Female Name

German Pronunciation

Listen to the German pronunciation of Maria. The speaker is a native speaker of Standard German from Schleswig-Holstein / Northern Germany:

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Predominant Regional Usage

• Southern Germany
• Western Germany (only until ca 1950)

Variant Forms

• Maja
• Maren
• Marianne
• Marie
• Marina
• Marion
• Marlene
• Merle
• Mia

Origin and Meaning

Latin form of Mirjam

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