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The document discusses the name Maria and its origins and usage. It comes from both the Roman name Marius and as the Latin form of the name of Mary, mother of Jesus. It is used as both a feminine and sometimes masculine name, particularly in Catholic traditions. Besides Mary, mother of Jesus, three other women named Maria are mentioned in the New Testament.

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Maria

The document discusses the name Maria and its origins and usage. It comes from both the Roman name Marius and as the Latin form of the name of Mary, mother of Jesus. It is used as both a feminine and sometimes masculine name, particularly in Catholic traditions. Besides Mary, mother of Jesus, three other women named Maria are mentioned in the New Testament.

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Maria is a feminine given name.

It is given in many languages influenced by Latin


Christianity. It has two separate origins: the feminine form of the Roman
name Marius (see Maria (gens)),[1] and, more significantly, as the Latin form of the name
of Mary, mother of Jesus.
Maria () is a form of the name used in the New Testament, standing
alongside Mariam . It reflets the Syro-Aramaic name Maryam, which is in turn
derived from the Biblical Hebrew name Miriam. As a result of their similarity
and syncretism, the Latin original name Maria and the Hebrew-derived Maria combined to
form a single name.
The name is also sometimes used as a male (middle) name. This was historically the case
in many Central European countries and still is the case in countries with strong Catholic
traditions, where it signified patronage of the Virgin Mary (French-speakers often did the
same with Marie).
Besides Maria, Mother of Jesus (see Blessed Virgin Mary or Virgin Mary), there are three
other women named Maria in the New Testament: Maria Magdalena and Maria Salom,
disciples of Jesus and Maria Betnia, sister of Lazarus. In Quranic tradition, the name is
rendered Maryam, but Arabic reflects the Christian given name as Mrya
or Mry Mrya al-Qibiiyya, a Coptic Egyptian woman given to Muhammad as a slave.

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