Entry № 6925 · Maori origin

Miria Miria — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MEE-ree-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Maori
Meaning
"Maori Mary"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern (Maori)

A name that means "maori mary".

Miria is the Maori adaptation of Mary — used widely in New Zealand Maori communities.

Miria Bennett (born 1989) is the New Zealand Maori radio host.

The Maori Mary.

The name in its native script.

Miria
Transliteration
Miria
Pronunciation
/ ˈmiː.ri.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Miria stands.

Miria 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.

Mirias before her.

Real people
Miria Bennett
New Zealand Maori radio host.
In fiction
Miria
Common in New Zealand fiction.

Names connected to Miria.

The number behind Miria.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Miria reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.