Mariah - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Mariah \m(a)-riah\ is a variant of Maria (Latin), and the meaning of Mariah is "star of the sea".

The baby name Mariah sounds like Marah, Moriah and Myriah. Other similar baby names are Maiah, Marian, Mariam, Marial, Sariah and Zariah.

Mariah is a very common first name for women (#1325 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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