Mariam is Mary in her oldest clothes, the Aramaic and Arabic form that predates all the Marys and Maries of Europe. Venerated across Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, the name has been carried by saints, queens of Georgia, and the beloved Malian singer Oumou Sangare's contemporaries. Its likely meanings, threaded through Hebrew miryam, range from "beloved" to "bitter sea" to "wished-for child." Currently ranked 491 in the US, Mariam feels at once deeply traditional and quietly global, as at home in Cairo as in Chicago. Two even syllables, balanced as a set of scales.
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1880 to today
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- Kora
- Scarlet
- Leona
- Dayana
- Cali
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- Kora
- Scarlet
- Leona
- Dayana
- Cali
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Kora
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Scarlet
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From Old French escarlate, a rich crimson dyed cloth
Leona
Steady· girl
Feminine of Leon, from Latin leo, 'lion'
Dayana
Rising· girl
Spanish variant of Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt and moon
Cali
Falling· girl
Short for California; also from Greek kalli, 'beautiful'