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Name

Maris

/MAH-ris/ FeminineLatin

Meaning

Maris is a feminine name of Latin origin meaning “of the sea”.

Maris comes from the Latin title Stella Maris, star of the sea, an ancient epithet of the Virgin Mary beloved by sailors. Spare and tailored where Marissa is lush, it stays genuinely rare, its most famous bearer the never-seen Maris of the sitcom Frasier.

At a glance

Origin
Latin
Gender
Feminine
Pronounced
/MAH-ris/
Themes
OceanStar

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Questions

  • Maris is a feminine name of Latin origin meaning “of the sea”. Maris comes from the Latin title Stella Maris, star of the sea, an ancient epithet of the Virgin Mary beloved by sailors.

  • Maris is traditionally a feminine (girl) name.

  • The name Maris comes from Latin. Maris comes from the Latin title Stella Maris, star of the sea, an ancient epithet of the Virgin Mary beloved by sailors. Spare and tailored where Marissa is lush, it stays genuinely rare, its most famous bearer the never-seen Maris of the sitcom Frasier.

  • Maris is pronounced MAH-ris.

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