#5882024 rank
2021peak year
23,089babies named Mara since 1880
▲ +17%5-year trend
Mara popularity over 145 years
💎 Rare find · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Mara mean?
Hebrew mara 'bitter', spoken by Naomi in the Book of Ruth; it also echoes Latin mare 'sea'. The name is spare, cross-linguistic, and old.
OriginHebrew, Latin
Syllables2
Gendergirl
Styleclassic, mythic
Names like Mara
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Famous Maras
Spellings & variants
Marah
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