Entry № 6437 · Maori origin

Marama Marama — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mah-RAH-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Maori
Meaning
"Moon, light"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Maori)

A name that means "moon, light".

Marama is the Maori word for "moon" — also meaning "light," "month," and "clarity." In Maori cosmology, the moon governs tides and traditional planting calendars.

Marama is widely used in New Zealand. The politician Marama Davidson (born 1973), co-leader of the New Zealand Greens, is a notable bearer.

Moon. The Maori celestial timekeeper.

The name in its native script.

Marama
Transliteration
Marama
Pronunciation
/ məˈrɑː.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Marama stands.

Marama does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Maramas before her.

Real people
Marama Davidson
NZ Greens co-leader.
born 1973
In fiction
Marama
Common in NZ fiction.

Names connected to Marama.

The number behind Marama.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Marama reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.